EpilepsyChristy Zendarski3/6/14Tara HollowayPsychology

Location and Definition of Epilepsy

• Epilepsy is known as seizure; people who have at least two or more seizures.

• You can identify if people are having seizures by when they unexpected fall to the floor, twitch, move uncontrollably, drool, or inability to control the bladder.

• Unfortunately, sometimes doctors couldn’t find what causes epilepsy.

• Epilepsy happens in the brain, and spread into the body.

Types of SeizuresGeneralized Seizures

• The electrical discharge starts in both sides of the brain.

Partial Seizures

• The electrical discharge starts in one area of the brain.

• The causes of partial seizures

• Head injury• Brain infection• Stroke• Tumor

Symptoms• Lack of oxygen • Abnormal brain structures and blood vessels in

the brain• Bleeding into the brain• Brain tumors• Infection of the brain

• Meningitis— infection covering the brain and spinal cord

• Encephalitis— swelling of the brain• Strokes• Cerebral palsy• Mental disabilities• Alzheimer’s disease• Alcohol or drug abuse

Facts• Epilepsy has effected three million people in USA,

and 50 million worldwide.

• 70% of the cause is unknown.

• More than 300,000 children under the age of 15 and more than 570,000 adults over the age of 65 have seizures.

Prevention Epilepsy and Treatments for Epilepsy

• Always wear the helmets and seatbelts

• Put your children in car seats

• Medicines• Dizziness• Weight gain• Depression• Rash

• Treatment of high blood pressure (brain damage)

• Devices

• Surgery

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