low blood sugar(hypoglycemia), low blood sodium,high fever, or alcohol or drug abuse. Fever-related (or febrile) seizures may occur during infancy but are usually outgrown by age 6. After a careful evaluation to estimate the risk of recurrence, patients who suffer a single seizure may not n...
Create a care plan. Tell family, friends, and coworkers about your epilepsy. Give them instructions that tell them how they can keep you safe if you have a seizure. Find support. You may be referred to a psychologist or social worker. Ask your healthcare provider about support groups for...
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Dietary nutrition plays a very important role in maintaining overall healthy well-being of an individual. As epilepsy is one of the most common neurological illnesses in the world, a dietary guidance would provide individuals with epilepsy an idea on whi
Posted in Epilepsy, TipsTags: advocate, Epilepsy, schools, seizure smart Gaslighting — what to do when it happens to you August 20, 20248 Comments Is your doctor making you feel crazy? Like it’s all in your head? Could you be a hypochondriac? You must be imagining your symptoms. Or...
At the start of the study, participants were observed in their usual care conditions before being assigned a seizure dog in a randomized order. Participants could choose between being coached in training a puppy at their own home or receiving a dog that had finished socialization and obedience tr...
13 A staged approach for epilepsy management was subsequently adopted. Generally, if the initial AED induced intolerable adverse effects at a low daily dose, or if it failed to improve seizure control, an alternative was substituted. If the first well-tolerated AED significantly improved seizure ...
Available data suggest that the disorders affecting the nervous system are important public health problems in developed [3, 60] as well as in developing countries [15–17, 47, 48]. Among such diseases epilepsy stands out not only because of its high pre
23 This study supports previous reports of the cardiovascular safety in patients with DS at the lower dosages used for seizure management in short-term and long-term trials relative to the higher dosages for adults with obesity.12,31,32 Weight loss occurred but at rates commensurate with ...