Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification (On Demand) The Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification course formally educates the public on the Epilepsy Foundation’s approved procedures for recognizing seizures and responding to someone having a seizure. ...
Find resources for managing your epilepsy and teaching others about epilepsy. Download our seizure tracking app, print out school forms, or explore other materials.
Epilepsy Foundation provides related services like medical, case management, support, education, and training. Are you looking for the best adviser for anxiety-induced seizure activity and more. Call us at 407-422-1416.
Any of various neurological disorders marked by sudden recurring attacks of motor, sensory, or cognitive dysfunction, with or without convulsive seizures or loss of consciousness. Also calledseizure disorder. [Frenchépilepsie, from Latinepilēpsia, from Greekepilēpsis, fromepilambanein, epilēp-,to la...
photosensitive epilepsy,” says chief medical and innovation officer at the Epilepsy Foundation, Jacqueline French. “While the population of those with photosensitive epilepsy is small, the impact can be quite serious. Many are not even aware they have photosensitivity until they have a seizure.” ...
We then discuss the more neuroscientific use of PET in the epilepsies for the study of mechanisms leading to seizure onset or cessation, notably in the GABA, opioid, and dopamine systems, and finish with some conclusions and perspectives.
Presence of active seizure in the prior 9 months did not influence the likelihood of pregnancy. Women receiving an EIAED were less likely to achieve pregnancy compared with women taking other AEDs (hazard ratio, 0.456; 95% CI, 0.193-1.081). Sensitivity Analyses Results of sensitivity analyses ...
According to the Epilepsy Foundation, you should call 911 when:2 Someone without a history of seizures has one A seizure lasts five minutes or longer Seizures occur one after another without the person becoming conscious in between Seizures occur closer together than is typical for that person ...
Neuropsychological testing in late-onset epilepsy as well as long-term EEG in early Alzheimer disease is necessary to ensure timely antidementia and/or antiseizure interventions. Studies in transgenic Alzheimer disease mouse models have revealed cellular and molecular mechanisms linking neuronal hyperexcitab...
It also is helpful to note what the patient was doing just before the seizure began. If a particular emotional event or environmental or physiologic condition is found to trigger the seizures, the patient might be able to use this information to avoid or minimize the recurrence of seizures....