You may not be able to drive until you are seizure-free for a period of time. You will need to check the law where you live. Also talk to your healthcare provider about swimming and bathing. You may drown or develop life-threatening heart or lung damage if you have a seizure in ...
Temporal lobe epilepsy, marked by seizures in the brain's centers for learning andmemory, affects more than half of the 3.4 million people in the U.S. diagnosed with epilepsy. One part of the temporal lobe, called the dentate gyrus, has long been suspected to work as a gate—helping to ...
epilepsyEEGantiepileptic drugageIt is well known that both falls and epileptic seizures are very frequent and harmful in the elderly. Moreover, although seizures may cause falls, their relationship is poorly documented in this population. We report four women (mean age: 84.5 years) who presented ...
By definition, febrile seizures occur in children aged 3 months to 5 years. The highest incidence of febrile seizures has been reported in children aged 12-18 months. [30] Prognosis Simple febrile seizures may slightly increase the risk of developing epilepsy, [31] but they have no adverse ...
The incidence of seizure-related fears and concerns and its relationship to behavioral functioning was assessed in a sample of 96 adults with epilepsy. In addition, the potential influence of subject demographic characteristics (e.g., age, educational level) and clinical seizure variables (e.g., ...
The therapeutic decision in patients with new-onset seizures should be made based on the type of seizures and on the epilepsy syndrome. The present case represents an example of symptomatic epilepsy with localization-related seizures. Antiepileptic drug monotherapy is considered the best method to trea...
1952. Since that time, recognizing seizure onset on EEG has remained the gold standard for locating epileptic foci in the brain (Sperling, 1986). One of the most disabling aspects of epilepsy is that seizures appear to be unpredictable. Investigation to elucidate their underlying mechanisms has ...
We recently described a clinical subset, termed generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus (GEFS+), in which many family members have seizures with fever that may persist beyond six years of age or be associated with afebrile generalized seizures6. We now report linkage, in another large ...
Febrile Seizures Abstract The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) has defined febrile seizures by various criteria (Commission on Epidemiology and Diagnosis 1993). The criteria include age, seizure history, etc. (see Table 18.1). Febrile seizures can be divided into two categories, simple ...
To determine whether frequent seizures can cause deficits in learning and behavior, immature genetically epilepsy-prone rats (GEPRs) were subjected to 66 audiogenic stimulations (Group 1). GEPR littermates were handled and placed in the sound chamber but were not stimulated (Group 2). Group 3...