Summary As one of the most common neurological disorders, epilepsy is seen throughout the world and affects people of any age, race, nationality, religion, or gender. The relationship between epilepsy and alcohol or substance abuse is complex. Alcohol consumption and dependency is one of the top...
Alcohol consumption and irregular use of antiepileptic drugs as well as infections and various other diseases contribute to the development of this form of epilepsy. In addition to seizures, another feature often found in epilepsy is a gradual personality change, which takes the form of mental ...
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CAE occurs in early childhood, with a peak onset between 4 to 7 years, usually before age 10. Clinically, CAE patients experience staring and altered awareness. They usually have only absence seizures and fewer than 20 spells per day at the time of diagnosis. The hyperventilation test provokes...
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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) was described electroclinically by Janz and Christian in 1957 and consists of myoclonic jerks in varying combination with the absence of seizures and generalized tonic-clonic seizures, a typical circadian distribution on awakening, sleep deprivation, alcohol consumption ...
Avoid stimulants like caffeine, nicotine and alcohol when you are about to go to bed. Exercise regularly. Avoid eating when you are about to go to bed, and eat dinner before bedtime for at least two hours. Go out in the early morning to get in touch with the sun. Sunshine can help ...
Alcohol consumption [adjusted odds ratio [(AOR): 14.87, 95% confidence interval (CI): 3.25–68.11], negative medication belief [AOR: 3.0, 95%CI: 1.31–6.71], low medication adherence [AOR:11.52, 95%CI: 3.25–40.82], and presence of comorbidities [AOR: 10.35, 95%CI: 4.40–24.40] were...
Eficacia del consejo medico para la reduccion del consumo excesivo de alcohol: metaanalisis de estudios espanoles en atencion primaria [Effectiveness of medical advice for reducing excessive alcohol consumption: meta-analysis of Spanish ... INTRODUCTION: Former systematic reviews have backed the efficacy...
Patients with epilepsy, whether managed with medication or not, often have “breakthrough seizures” due to triggers such as stress, missing medications, or alcohol consumption, but sleep deprivation is the most common of these (Frucht et al., 2000; Ferlisi and Shorvon, 2014; Wassenaar et al...