Essay On Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that affects the brain and how it functions. Epilepsy is when the brain causes the human body to have unprovoked seizures. People can be born with epilepsy or a person can get epilepsy from a brain tumor, have brain trauma (stroke or after a motored vehicle accident) or get it from any serious type of brain injury. The main cause of epilepsy is to be born with the disorder. Epilepsy was known by the Ancient Greeks and the word epilepsy came from the Greek word epilambanem which means to seize in Greek. A Greek physician named Hippocrates had told that the disease was located in the brain causing the brain to have mixed and imbalance of humors. Epilepsy has also been mentioned in the bible saying that it’s been brought to a person by the devil or a supernatural
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event. In most cases, people suffering from such disease would be isolated and sometimes even imprisoned because of the general fear that was associated with epilepsy. During the 17th century, the medical community of the time began to explore the symptoms and causes of epilepsy. They began to look at epilepsy from the scientific point of view and not the religious point of view. It was not to the 1880’s that the disease was correctly identified. It was identified by Dr. John Hughlings Jackson a famous English neurologist. There are many symptoms of epilepsy, here are some; during a seizure a person experiences abnormal behavior, symptoms, sensation and sometimes loss of consciousness. There are few symptoms between seizures. People may experience whole body fatigue or fainting; muscular rhythmic, muscle contractions or muscle spasms. Another is sensory aura or pins and needles.
Seizures, amnesia, anxiety, depression, headache, sleepiness, staring spells or temporary paralysis after seizures are all other symptoms. To treat epilepsy depends on how serious it is, a person can go on a special diet, take medication or have surgery to help with his/her epilepsy. When taking medication doctors prescribe the individual with either a poly therapy (one type of drug) or mono therapy (mixed or different drugs) depending on what kind of epilepsy they have. Doctors usually prescribe Anticonvulsant drugs to the patient. The medication used for treating epilepsy. Anticonvulsant medications can be used for treating seizures, bipolar affective disorder or neuropathic pain. Some drugs that help with epilepsy are sodium valproate (for women that may want to have children), Lamotrigine (used for most forms of epilepsy), Phenytoin (used for most forms of epilepsy). Many drugs can cause the patient to feel depressed, have anxiety and even suicidal acts or thoughts. According to the article I chose “Medical marijuana and epilepsy written by: Joseph I Sirven a M.D” marijuana is another form of medication that can reduce
seizures.
event. In most cases, people suffering from such disease would be isolated and sometimes even imprisoned because of the general fear that was associated with epilepsy. During the 17th century, the medical community of the time began to explore the symptoms and causes of epilepsy. They began to look at epilepsy from the scientific point of view and not the religious point of view. It was not to the 1880’s that the disease was correctly identified. It was identified by Dr. John Hughlings Jackson a famous English neurologist. There are many symptoms of epilepsy, here are some; during a seizure a person experiences abnormal behavior, symptoms, sensation and sometimes loss of consciousness. There are few symptoms between seizures. People may experience whole body fatigue or fainting; muscular rhythmic, muscle contractions or muscle spasms. Another is sensory aura or pins and needles.
Seizures, amnesia, anxiety, depression, headache, sleepiness, staring spells or temporary paralysis after seizures are all other symptoms. To treat epilepsy depends on how serious it is, a person can go on a special diet, take medication or have surgery to help with his/her epilepsy. When taking medication doctors prescribe the individual with either a poly therapy (one type of drug) or mono therapy (mixed or different drugs) depending on what kind of epilepsy they have. Doctors usually prescribe Anticonvulsant drugs to the patient. The medication used for treating epilepsy. Anticonvulsant medications can be used for treating seizures, bipolar affective disorder or neuropathic pain. Some drugs that help with epilepsy are sodium valproate (for women that may want to have children), Lamotrigine (used for most forms of epilepsy), Phenytoin (used for most forms of epilepsy). Many drugs can cause the patient to feel depressed, have anxiety and even suicidal acts or thoughts. According to the article I chose “Medical marijuana and epilepsy written by: Joseph I Sirven a M.D” marijuana is another form of medication that can reduce
seizures.