Epilepsy
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent seizures. They are the same as seizure disorders. A person is said to be diagnosed with epilepsy if they have had two episodes of unprovoked seizures. Unprovoked, in the sense, without any reversible condition like alcohol withdrawal… ...Read more
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent seizures. They are the same as seizure disorders. A person is said to be diagnosed with epilepsy if they have had two episodes of unprovoked seizures. Unprovoked, in the sense, without any reversible condition like alcohol withdrawal or so. Epilepsy could affect a person of all and any age group.
The causes of these seizures could be either a severe brain injury or a family history of the disease. But often than not, the cause of the ailment is unknown and remains so. Due to this complexity of the disease and the complications it brings with it, there is little cure available for it.
World Health Organization (WHO) noted, “Seizure episodes are a result of excessive electrical discharges in a group of brain cells. Different parts of the brain can be the site of such discharges. Seizures can vary from the briefest lapses of attention or muscle jerks to severe and prolonged convulsions. Seizures can also vary in frequency, from less than 1 per year to several per day.”
Triggers
In and around the globe, there are tons of unique and often unmanageable triggers causing an epilepsy attack. In Mumbai alone, various epilepsy experts will tell you of very uncommon triggers like urination or crying or so on. When such is the trigger, there is very little you can do.
Therefore, the medicines available help in only treating these symptoms:
- Utter confusion in the brain
- Uncontrollable seizures
- Staring spell
- Psychic symptoms like fear, anxiety etc
- Fatigue
- Lack of sleep
- Skipping medicines
- Stress
- Tiredness
- Alcohol
