Children and adolescents with new-onset epilepsy Journal Article Epilepsy is one of the most common neurologic disorders in childhood‚ with a widespread rate of approximately 3-4 per 1‚000. In the paper they explore parent’s perceptions of their child’s quality of life and the impact of the diagnosis on their family. It’s talking about how the parent’s and children’s lives get accustomed to everyday normal functioning activities. Whenever there is any emotional well-being‚ self-esteem
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of adversity in my life‚ but I never knew it. I only realized this aspect of my life when a family member said it. Epilepsy is something that my family and I have dealt with for about twelve years; since I was about six years old. We never gave up on pushing seizures out of the picture. We have driven three hours to Cincinnati‚ Ohio for the years in which I have known about epilepsy. I have taken countless types of medicines for the issue‚ and recently got the VNS implant. As stated above‚ I have
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Personal Impact Paper: Epilepsy The Epilepsy Foundation has estimated that every year there that there are 200‚000 new cases of epilepsy reported yearly. Epilepsy can affect people at different ages and in many different ways. In some cases‚ it can only be a temporary problem that can be resolved with medication. In other cases‚ it can be a lifelong battle having it affect many areas in your life. People suffering from epilepsy find it challenging to maintain a regular full functioning life making
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How Epilepsy Changed My Life Gilbert Lutes Essay ENGL 121 10/15/12 Writing Assignment When I was just seven-years old‚ I was diagnosed with epilepsy. I’d been having small and frequent seizures my entire life without ever knowing of it until one day when I was shelling walnuts in front of the fireplace. Everything I ever knew was being stripped away from me. I no longer had control over any of the muscles in my body‚ my ability to speak‚ my actions‚ nor my sight. All I could do was relax
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Epilepsy was something my Aunt Claire had. “Claire’s in a seizure!” was something I heard on a daily basis. So much so that I had lost the fear of seeing her writhing around the floor. It was commonplace‚ a part of our lives. However‚ that Wednesday morning‚ I didn’t realise that at four o’clock that day ‚ I would be the person with… that. Initially I had felt I had been robbed of my independence. Gone were the days where I could run out the door saying “I’m off out”. I remember getting ready for
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The Association of BRD2 with Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Abstract Idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) constitutes a variety of epileptic disorders in humans‚ the most common being juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). There is strong evidence that JME can be caused by a faulty genetic variation in the human gene bromodomain-containing protein 2 (BRD2). For this reason‚ many studies on BRD2 homologues have been conducted to determine the function of this protein. Studies on human BRD2
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Epilepsy has plagued humans for generations. The condition is caused by a variety of events including stroke‚ head trauma and infection. However‚ the real cause of epilepsy has never been identified. Currently‚ epilepsy affects more than 2.3 million adults and close to 500‚000 children in the U.S. In addition‚ about 1 out of 26 people will be diagnosed with the condition at some point in their lives. Just as the real cause of epilepsy is unknown‚ there is no conclusive treatment for the condition
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The debate that girls and boys should be playing on the same team has gone on for quite a while. Boys think girls cant do most of their physical activities. On the other side girls think boys cant do most of their physical activities. This debate has gone on for such a long time‚ now it is just silly. Each side has their own opinions‚ but they can never agree with each other. I think girls and boys should be able to play on the same team‚ but we should give them that decision if they want to or not
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Quite the Same‚ but Similar In the novel The House on Mango Street‚ Sandra Cisneros tells about Esperanza and Nenny how they are as sisters. In “Laughter” Esperanza quotes that she and Nenny do not look like sisters as much as her friends Rachel and Lucy‚ “Nenny and I don’t look like sisters…not right away. Not the way you can tell with Rachel and Lucy…” (pg.17). I can relate to Esperanza and Nenny because just like them‚ my sister and I do not appear like sisters either and have things in common
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are anti-gay‚ the Pope is anti-gay‚ and—yes‚ we’ll go here—first-century‚ Jewish theologian Jesus is anti-gay. That’s despite the fact that while some religious people don’t support gay marriage in a sacramental sense‚ many of them are in favor of same-sex civil unions and full rights for the parties involved. To be sure‚ most gay people‚ myself included‚ won’t be satisfied until our loving‚ monogamous relationships are graced with the word “marriage.” But it’s important to recall that many religious
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