Epilepsy
About a month ago, I went with my friends and family to check out the new Mall Millenia. As expected, it was crowded with tons of people and the food court is hectic and busy. I went to order a pan of pizza when this little girl behind me fainted and started to have convulsions on the ground. I was shocked as I watched the girl on the ground get treatment from her parents. She was flat on the ground and was twitching as if she was electrocuted. I had found out that she was having epileptic seizures. Epilepsy is defined as a disease that causes a person to fall unconscious, often with violent uncontrolled movements of the body. This was the reason she fell to the ground and had seizures. A seizure is a change in behavioral state, which results from abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Seizures can be resulted from many different circumstances. For example, a big hit on the head, or even just a fever. However, when seizures recur without any obvious causes, a person may be considered to have epilepsy. Extreme emotions and conditions can also trigger the seizure for epileptic individuals. For example, if they had a death in the family, this can eas
Epilepsy can be diagnosed by ECG, CT SCANS, and blood tests. Epilepsy can be treated by medications, brain surgery, Vagus nerve stimulation, and ketogenic diet. The choice of which drug to prescribe, and at what dosage, depends on many different factors, including the type of seizures a person has, the person's lifestyle and age, how frequently the seizures occur, and, for a woman, the likelihood that she will become pregnant. For most people with epilepsy, seizures can be controlled with just one drug at the optimal dosage. Combining medications usually increases the side effects such as fatigue and decreased appetite, so doctors usually prescribe monotherapy, or the use of just one drug, whenever possible. Combinations of drugs are sometimes prescribed if monotherapy fails to effectively control a patient's seizures. People with epilepsy should be aware that their epilepsy medication can interact with many other drugs in potentially harmful ways. For this reason, people with epilepsy should always tell their doctors which medications they are taking. Women also should know that some anti epileptic drugs can interfere with the effectiveness of oral contracept
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