disorder‚ otherwise known as epilepsy. Elise also depicts a developmental delay. At the onset of Elise’s seizures‚ she loses most of her control over her motor and communicative skills. Presently‚ the seizures occur fifteen to twenty-two times per week‚ with most of them being grand mal seizures‚ also known as tonic-clonic seizures. These types of seizures are characterized by violent muscle contractions and a loss of consciousness (Mayo Clinic‚ 2016). There is no cure for epilepsy‚ but it can be treated
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that you see is a high angled shot of Derek trapped under the rubble of a building with fire‚ destruction and panic going on around him. This gives you the feeling of entrapment. Another reason why Derek is potrayed as a victim is because he has epilepsy with a mental age of about eleven or twelve. His real age is nineteen. He has a fit after being released from the rubble‚ and there is a close-up of his face. Throughout the film Derek has three epileptic fits which are shown in great detail. You
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It all started ten years ago‚ an event that would change my life forever.I had my first known seizure and it was perhaps the scariest moment in my life. It wasn’t the seizure that scared me‚ mostly because i was asleep when it happened‚ but it was the way my mother and father reacted. It was as if they had just seen a ghost. They were in disbelief. I could tell by the way they were looking at me that something terrible had just happened and nobody‚ including the paramedics was telling me what happened
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P104 (310) Growth and Nutritional Status of Children with Epilepsy on Ketogenic Diet: A Preliminary Prospective Long-term Study Yeou-mei Christiana Liu1 (christiana.liu@sickkids.ca)‚ Elke Sengmueller2‚ and Rosalind Curtis1 1The Hospital for Sick Children‚ Toronto and Bloorview Macmillan Children’s Centre‚ Toronto and 2Ketogenic Diet Program‚ Bloorview Site‚ Bloorview Macmillan Children’s Centre‚ 25 Buchan Court‚ Willowdale‚ Ontario‚ Canada M2J 4S9 Background: The ketogenic diet is one of the most
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Are You Awake? Living with Narcolepsy People think I ’m lazy and sometimes rude. Or just don ’t care. I can see how they would get that impression from just looking at me. But people shouldn ’t be judged only on first appearances. I wish it was that easy to explain‚ but it ’s not. I have a sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. It ’s challenging to live with and has no cure at this time (Dement and Vaughan 205). Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder caused by the
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Out of body experiences are interpreted differently by neurologists‚ psychologists and individuals associated with different fields of studies. When referring to out of body experiences‚ it is usually defined as an experience where an individual feels as if they are separating from their physical body and looking at it from the perspective of having two bodies. In other words‚ individuals are able to experience their body moving outside its boundaries while at the same time being aware of it. While
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Lord of the Flies‚ anyone can write a book about being stranded on an island‚ but William Golding did something more than just marooned on an island. William Golding had no women and only boys to simulate civilization at its lowest. His book has more than just one meaning‚ and symbolism. Symbols include such as the Lord of the Flies‚ Simon‚ the beast‚ and some not so recognizable ones like Piggy‚ the conch‚ or the island. The island‚ when Ralph and the boys hold their first session of an assembly
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We’ve all had decisions we made in life. Some decisions were good and became life changing while others were not so good and become life experiences. One decision I made in my life will always stand out as the best decision I ever made. This involved my youngest son Gannon and the decision to have a major operation that not only saved his life‚ but gave him a better quality of life. To understand why this changed his life for the better you need to know what he has been through. Gannon is a nine
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be brought on by "laughter‚ embarrassment‚ social interactions with strangers‚ sudden anger‚ athletic exertion or sexual intercourse may trigger an episode." (Siegel‚ 2000) There is no cure for narcolepsy and is often misdiagnosed for depression‚ epilepsy‚ and fainting and sleep deprivation. Many people when they think of narcolepsy tend to laugh at its
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