Seizure Disorder Symptoms
Health Encyclopedia: Epilepsy
Seizure disorder
Symptoms
The severity of symptoms can vary greatly, from simple staring spells to loss of consciousness and violent convulsions. For many patients, the event is the same thing over and over, while some people have many different types of seizures that cause different symptoms each time. The type of seizure a person has depends on a variety of many things, such as the part of the brain affected and the underlying cause of the s...
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Expert & Community Posts
What it's like to have an EEG
By Merely Me , Health Expert...friend happens to have three children who all have epilepsy so when she saw me staring into... Read more »
FDA Alert for Antiepileptic Drugs (Also Used for Fibromyalgia, Migraines, Neuropathic Pain, etc.)
By Karen Lee Richards , Health Expert...placebo-controlled clinical studies of eleven drugs used to treat epilepsy, psychiatric... Read more »
05/21/07 #9 - EEG shows "Migraine variant/variance?"
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...just like that of a person with seizure disorder (epilepsy). The only way we can tell the... Read more »
10/15/07 #2 - Connection between Migraine and epilepsy, seizure disorders?
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...Question:Is there a connection between migraines and epilepsy/seizure disorder? Or are migraines... Read more »
10/8/07 #8 - EEG shows a "migraine variant/variance?"
By Ask the Clinician , Health Expert...just like that of a person with seizure disorder (epilepsy). The only way we can tell the... Read more »
Health Guide
Valproate Unsafe for Migraine Prevention During Pregnancy
...against the benefits. New guidelines developed by the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society are being released today. They show that while it’s relatively safe for... Read more »Epilepsy: Diagnosis
An epilepsy diagnosis is often made during an emergency visit for a seizure. If a person seeks medical help for a previous or suspected seizure, the doctor will ask about the patient's... Read more »Epilepsy: Introduction
Epilepsy is characterized by unprovoked, recurring seizures that disrupt the nervous system and can cause mental and physical dysfunction. In the U.S., about 2.5 million people are... Read more »Epilepsy: Resources
www.epilepsyfoundation.org -- Epilepsy Foundationwww.aesnet.org -- American Epilepsy Societywww.aan.com -- American Academy of Neurologywww.ninds.nih.gov -- National Institute of... Read more »Epilepsy: Causes
CausesThe cause of a seizure is determined in about 28% of partial epilepsy patients. In the rest, however, epilepsy is deemed idiopathic, which means that the cause is unknown. The age of seizure... Read more »Images
Medications
...medication is used to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). It may be used with other seizure... Read more »
...with other medications to treat seizure disorders (epilepsy). Levetiracetam has been shown to... Read more »
...medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This medication is also used to ... Read more »
...medications to prevent and control seizures (epilepsy). This medication is also used to ... Read more »
...other medications to prevent or control seizures (epilepsy) in people aged 2 and older. It... Read more »
Related News
Stopping Anti-Seizure Meds Safe for Kids
December 11, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study reveals it is generally safe to stop anti-seizure medications in children with epilepsy who have been seizure-free... Read summary »
Epileptics at Higher Risk of Drowning
August 20, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Having a seizure while swimming is a potentially deadly danger for epileptics, but new information shows the risk is higher... Read summary »
Children Newly Diagnosed With Epilepsy at Risk for Cognitive Problems
August 24, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Children who have normal IQs before they experience a first seizure may develop problems with language, memory, learning and... Read summary »
Drug Linked to Birth Defects
August 04, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Women who take epilepsy drugs while they're pregnant may be putting their children's health at risk. New research from Ireland... Read summary »
Ditching Epilepsy Meds is Dangerous
July 01, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Statistics show up to 50 percent of people with epilepsy fail to take their anti-seizure medications according to doctor's... Read summary »
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