Handling Epilepsy Seizures

" It's a very common disorder. -- occurs. On a conservative estimate at least. 1% of the population may be as -- three out of every hundred people. Could be defined as having epilepsy. "

" Epilepsy can manifest of any time doing that and year's weekend. Be seeing higher incidence in pediatric patients and -- the -- and the second and third decade can be seen at a lower frequency."

" So it turns out that epilepsy is more common in many people think. This -- like condition originates in the brain and seizures can occur at any time. What happens -- epilepsy is that this and abnormal. Brain discharges we all have. Millions of of of normally functioning brain cells what happens thick of it as and telephone wires. If one or two wires. Are at fault. The telephone doesn't work well that's the same thing that happens with epilepsy. People can experience seizures in many different ways sometimes the patient. They just get a funny feeling in an arm or leg org gets some -- comic feelings an urge to go to the bathroom more. I have some visual or auditory hallucinations. Or again funny feeling an arm and that is called the partial simple signature. When there's no alteration or loss of consciousness. Many times the page will have some lip smacking automatic movements are picking at their clothing turning to one side or the other. The patient does not have to faults of the ground it simply. An alteration of consciousness. It may be disturbing to witness a friend or loved one experiencing these kinds of seizures. But experts recommend staying calm and simply remaining with the person until the seizure has passed. Staying calm may be tougher when witnessing the more dramatic generalized seizure. Many people are familiar with the the grand caller generalize Tom aquatic seizure. Lucas is the most dramatic. It's what's often comes from a French big bad seizure. Where someone may faults of the ground and have generalize. Stiffening and jerking of the body. The -- is to help. But it's important to know what to do and what not to do."

" The biggest misconception I find everything is how to approach a patient having a seizure. People talk about putting spoon in their -- Pulling their -- we don't recommend to do that no one's would have anything put inside the amount while they're having a seizure. The first eight -- as he -- face and how critical bulletins to put them on the side to avoid desperation of their own secretions. Nolan should worry about that tongue. -- He -- something we teach a lot of in the day today. Off season. With children in schools and that because do we have that myth behind it."

" Because seizures have so many ways in which they can appear. It often makes it difficult to pinpoint the core problem as epilepsy. "

" Patients can have epilepsy for a long time and not be diagnosed. Distances than be so diverse that is often until the basin as a -- they don't get diagnosed by the neurologists. However."

" Once the diagnosis is made. With medication and information people with epilepsy can have a long and full life."