Background: Epilepsy is also referred to as seizure disorder; it is a chronic brain disorder that briefly interrupts the normal electrical activity of the brain to cause seizures. These seizures can be characterized by a variety of symptoms including uncontrolled movements of the body‚ disorientation or confusion‚ sudden fear‚ or loss of consciousness. Epilepsy may be a result from a head injury‚ stroke‚ brain tumor‚ lead poisoning‚ or genetic conditions. An interesting fact about epilepsy is that in
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Epilepsy affects 48 out of every 100‚000 people in the U.S. making it the fourth most common brain disorder behind migraines‚ strokes and Alzheimer’s disease. Young children and older adults are more likely to be diagnosed with epilepsy than any other age group. Temporal lobe epilepsy is one of over 40 known types of epilepsy. Definition The brain is divided into two hemispheres‚ and each hemisphere has a frontal lobe‚ parietal lobe‚ occipital lobe and a temporal lobe. The temporal lobe is located
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Running head: Stress of Epilepsy 1 Psychological & Behavioral Stress of Epilepsy By Thomas Agnew GE-117 Mr. Chambers Running head: Stress of Epilepsy 2 Abstract When a patient is diagnosed with Epilepsy they need to take into consideration psychological effects‚ behavior‚ and surgery
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Poverty is harmful and hard to handle not only for one person‚ but also for their whole family. Children are affected by poverty‚ too‚ believe it or not. Children raised in poverty-filled families will experience several short-term effects as well as long-term effects. One short-term effect that poverty has on children is sicknesses. Poverty can impact a household in the quality of the water
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one probably come up with Epilepsy. It is one of the most common and most known diseases of the nervous system. Epilepsy is a condition where there is an abnormality in the brain activity. The brain activity is normally very excessive and very sudden. “Approximately 2.3 million Americans and 40 million people throughout the world have epilepsy (Laberge‚ 2011).” Along with any other disease it has different types that go along with its severity. There is Generalized epilepsy where the abnormal activity
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when their daughter Lia had an attack of epilepsy and was quickly taken to Merced’s County Hospital for treatment. Given the fact that Merced’s hospital did not have professional Hmong interpreters to translate medical procedures‚ physicians relied on janitors and nurse’s aide who spoke Hmong. As a result‚ Lia was misdiagnosed many times before a diagnosis of epilepsy was confirmed. In addition to the communication barriers‚ the Hmong’s belief that epilepsy was “evidence that they have the power
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The Arab Israeli conflict. The Arab/Israeli conflict is a conflict between the Arabs and the Jews over a small piece of land known as the holy land which is an area in the Middle East of the Arab world. The Arabs call the land Palestine‚ the Jews call it Israel but both religions have strong religious links with the land. There is conflict between the two religions because they both believe that the land belongs to them. it all started back in 135 AD when the Jews were expelled
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use of the Epilepsy Pathway used in an Accident & Emergency Department (AED) at a local Trust 1.0 Introduction: 1.1 Background Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterised by recurring seizures. Different types of epilepsy have different causes. Accurate estimates of incidence and prevalence are difficult to achieve because identifying people who may have epilepsy is difficult. Epilepsy has been estimated to affect between 362‚000 and 415‚000 people in England. In addition‚ there will
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The Effects of Long-Term Unemployment on the U.S. Economy Unemployment is an extremely serious and scary issue due to the effect it has on our current state of economy. As a student and a future graduate‚ I am extremely concerned with this subject. If the job-market situation does not change for better‚ unemployment can represent a serious issue for all students‚ recent graduates‚ and current unemployed workers. And can have a significant effect on socioeconomic conditions and therefore‚ economy
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also brings deadly long-term side effects to the table by polluting the environment nearly hundreds of miles away from where the explosion occurs‚ making
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