Epilepsy Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which a person has repeated seizures (convulsions) over time. Seizures are episodes of disturbed brain activity that cause changes in attention or behavior. Causes Epilepsy occurs when permanent changes in brain tissue cause the brain to be too excitable or jumpy. The brain sends out abnormal signals. This results in repeated‚ unpredictable seizures. (A single seizure that does not happen again is not epilepsy.) Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition
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Is Epilepsy Hereditary? BIOS 260 Fundamentals of Pathophysiology Milyn Pierce DeVry University Course Project January 27‚ 2013 Abstract: Epilepsy is the second most common neurological problem in adults. 2 out of every 100 people will experience a seizure at some point in their life. Some seizures will onset as a child and disappear after adolescence. Some suffer seizures as a result of a brain injury‚ trauma‚ infection‚ or response to medication. Heredity increases an individuals’ risk to
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Epilepsy Epilepsy is a neurological condition that causes seizures. A seizure is a change in sensation‚ awareness‚ or behavior brought about by a brief electrical disturbance in the brain. Although there are many different type of seizures they are all caused by the sudden change in how the cells of the brain send electrical signals to each other. Epilepsy affects people of all ages‚ races‚ and ethnic backgrounds. More than 2.7 million Americans are living with epilepsy. Every year
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Terms and Conditions of Employment Under the Employment Rights Act 1996‚ all employees regardless of the hours they work should receive a written statement from their employer within two months of starting work. This statement known as the terms and conditions of employment contains key particulars of the job and the rights and duties of the employee and employer in terms of the following (* must be included in one principle document): Job Description & Specification These are general and
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thought people would be afraid of me‚ and I thought having a relationship with a girl would be very hard. I didn’t want to tell anyone about my problem and I didn’t want anyone to know.” Blake was diagnosed with epilepsy. Many of you might think‚ why this happens? why people with epilepsy loose control over their body through seizures? Well the answer lays in the mechanism of cell communication. Cells communicate in order to perform any activity or work in your system. When an epileptic seizure attack
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severity of seizures and hence better quality of life. For example‚ partial simple and partial complex seizures will not generalize to tonic-clonic seizures or simple seizures will not evolve into partial complex ones‚ or seizures will not last so long‚ will be less severe‚ with less loss of consciousness and the overall duration of the seizures will be shorter. This also means that the consequences of the seizures will not be so serious. Ref: pg.6 Absence seizures often occur in young children
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The Awareness and Attitudes of CFS IIUM Students on Epilepsy Nur Syamimi Binti Mohd. Azharuddin Centre for Foundation Studies‚ International Islamic University Malaysia ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the level of awareness and to assess the attitudes of CFS IIUM students towards epilepsy. Specifically‚ this study examined to what extend do CFS IIUM students are aware about epilepsy and what are the attitudes shown by them towards this clinical disorder
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A Comparative Study of Long-term and Short-term Memory between Athletes and Non-Athletes ABSTRACT Physical exercise has demonstrated to considerably affect stimuli in the brain to increase an individual’s memory. Athletes will have better long-term and short-term memory compared to those who are not athletes. The intent of this study was to evaluate and compare the long-term and short-term memory of athlete and non-athlete. Twenty participants were tested‚
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In this assignment a focus on an individual with the long term illness/ condition of a stroke will be undertaken‚ examining the impact of the condition/illness from the perspective of the individual and their family and also the impact of person centred care upon nursing practice. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC‚ 2008) Code of Professional Conduct Guidance has been maintained throughout this essay and therefore‚ all names have been altered for the purpose of confidentiality and anonymity
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Continuum of Care- Long-term Care Long-term care has and is continuing to become an important part of the continuum of care. Years ago Long-term care (LTC) was considered only to be for the elderly‚ but as time passes it is for anybody and everybody who needs it. Barton (2006) stated‚ “Regardless of the length of time (i.e.‚ from weeks to years)‚ long-term care is an array of services provided in a range of settings to individuals who have lost some capacity for independence due to injury‚ chronic
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