Epilepsy

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Epilepsy
Epilepsy: A disorder when from time to time nerve cells of the brain release a abnormal electronic impulses. Over 2.5 million people suffer from epilepsy. Epilepsy can happen to anyone of any age. 47 percent of people that have epilepsy developed it from birth to when they are nine years old. About 30 percent develop it between ten and nineteen. The least amount of first time seizures comes from the forty plus age group. (According to EFA publications) The International League against Epilepsy describes a seizure as an alternative term for “epileptic attack”. Seizures vary in their length and severity. A “tonic-clonic” seizure can last for one to seven minutes. “Absence seizures usually last for a few seconds. However, complex partial seizure” may last for thirty seconds or two to three minutes. “Status Epileptics”, is when seizures last for many hours. This can lead to medical problems. This type of seizure is very rare.
There are many types of seizures. One type of seizure is a grand mal or a tonic-clonic seizure is one of the worst and most severe seizures. Some know that they are going to have a seizure, and they experience some type of warning. They may feel like something in their stomach is rising or falling. They will become unconsciousness and stop breathing. The person may shake violently. It may last for a couple of minutes then the person will recover consciousness. This usually leaves the person exhausted, and disoriented. Sometimes, people who are not familiar with seizures will call for medical emergency. Another type of seizure is a myoclonic seizure. With this seizure, a person may experience shaking of the limbs and, depending on how bad the seizure is, may become unconscious. This also leaves a person feeling disoriented and exhausted. A tonic seizure, another type of seizure, often occurs in children who have had some type of brain damage. Stiffening of the body o...