An Analysis and Literature Review of a Family Case of Acute Intermittent Porphyria With Initial Symptoms of Epileptic Seizuredoi:10.7759/cureus.45736Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is the most common form of acute porphyriaand ischaracterized by acute onset and rec...
A normal sleep cycle has two major categories termed REM and non-REM. REM stands for rapid eye movement. REM sleep is characterized by muscle relaxation, dreaming, episodic rapid eye movements, and low amplitude waves on an EEG (encephalograph). Non-REM sleep is divided into four stages from...
If your dog has seizures often, they may have a seizure disorder. Another name for that is epilepsy. Abnormal, uncontrolled bursts of electrical activity in your dog's brain causeseizures, affecting how they look and behave. Seizures in dogs can look like atwitchor uncontrollable shaking and c...
Generalized seizures.These happen when nerve cells on both sides of your brain misfire. They can cause a variety of symptoms such as muscle stiffening, falls, and jerking movements. Often, they can cause you to lose consciousness. Unknown-onset seizures.When the beginning of a seizure is not ...
Epilepsy research is ongoing to provide new medical therapies to increase the number of people who can fully control seizures and to reduce the side effects of treatments. The National Institute of Health identifies four major research initiatives related to epilepsy: ...
Among the patients who had a seizure during the video EEG monitoring, the change of the cytokine levels between baseline and post-seizure cytokine was analyzed. The IL-1β, IL-2, IL-6, IFN-γ, CCL2, and CCL5 were all not significantly changed before the seizure. The median HADS-A ...
Rates of medical retirement, consumption of health service resources and use of disability benefits indicate that this is a major public health problem that predominantly affects people of working age. What if the diagnosis is wrong? If someone is paralysed and in a wheelchair, it is reasonable ...
In this context we selected some patients suffering from drug resistant major depression, who wanted to be treated with rTMS and give them an intensive treatment. We raise the magnetic intensity to 110 - 120% of the motor threshold. We gave them about 40 trains of 20-25 Hz per session, ...
Occurring in up to 80% of patients with epilepsy, depression in epilepsy may manifest as (i) major depressive disorder, meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th edition (DSM-IV) diagnostic criteria; (ii) atypical depression or dysthymia; or (iii) a dysthymic-like disorder with intermittent...
Migraine with aura is a condition that usually includes intense headaches along with sensory disruptions like dizziness, ringing in your ears, zigzag lines in your vision, or sensitivity to light. About a quarter of migraine attacks include these sensory changes, called auras. But you may not hav...