Epilepsy: A Case Study

Epilepsy
Epilepsy is categorized as a neurological disorder disturbance of reoccurring convulsions, loss of consciousness and abnormal electrical brain activity (Mayo Clinic, n.d.). Epilepsy is a seizure; it is categorized as such, depending on how many seizures one has and what the cause is typically they are unprovoked, and the cause is unknown, but can arise from an injury to the brain. The abnormal electrical currents begin in the brain and can affect any part of the body (Sirven, 2014). This disorder can and will affect someone’s daily routines such as driving, work environment, relationships, and their safety (Sirven, 2014). Epilepsy doesn’t discriminate it can happen to anyone at any age, typically for people whom are seniors; strokes tend to be the number one cause for a seizure. For those unknown causes of Epilepsy, it has
People whom suffer from continuous seizures can lead to death, called “sudden unexpected death in Epilepsy” (Web Md, n.d.). There are a few ways to check and diagnose Epilepsy, such as doing an EEG Telemetry test, taking a Family History, Medical History, blood sample to check for low blood sugar, calcium, and sodium (Web Md, n.d.). The Physiological Effects it takes on the body, it begins in the brain, where neurons are simultaneously being active, when they are not supposed to be, and they are relaying electrical signals from neuron to neuron. Observing the neuron up close, one would see they are basically ions, “sodium and calcium”, they pass through a channel and work as neurotransmitters that bind to a receptor that let the cell know whether to open up the ion channels to relay the message called “Exhibitory Neurotransmitters” or vice versa to close the channel called an “Inhibitory Neurotransmitter” (Wanpracha, 2008). During an epileptic seizure the neurons become impaired and begin sending out Exhibitory signals over and over, it’s said it occurs because it either has too much of one or the other Exhibitory or Inhibitory