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You have started having seizures and this is all they are saying?
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∙ 13y ago
It can take a while to fully diagnose the cause of seizures. First it has to be established that they are happening, which appears to have been done, now they have to try and find out why. That will take tests, time and talking to the patient and others who have witnessed the seizures.
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Describe ways that medication can be used to control seizures?
stops all seizures in about two thirds of who have seizures and it also controls the electrical activities in the brain reducing chances of having seizures.
Is Stephen Hawking having seizures when he talks about super string theory?
No, he isn't. If he were having a seizure, he would not be able to communicate the idea at all.
What is the best treatment for a child having seizures?
Seizures are basically uncontrollable. A doctor may put her on epilepsy medicine or depressants to try and lighten the seuzure. All you can do is keep an eye on her.
What is a common symptom of epilepsy?
Epilepsy is defined as being the tendency to have recurring seizures. So the primary symptom of epilepsy is seizures. Seizures come in many types and many ranges of severity. There is the stereotypical view of seizures as being someone shaking all over violently, but many seizures can be so mild that you would not even notice that a person who is sitting beside you is having one.
Can you out grow epilepsy?
You can't grow out of epilepsy as such but seizures and electrical impulses in an epileptic person's brain can reduce. You'll never fully grow out of them though but they can become less frequent.
Why would a middle aged person suddenly start having seizures?
People can start to have seizures at any stage of their life, for all sorts of reasons. There is not one single cause. Seizures can be caused by a wide variety of things, so it would be impossible to answer that question definitively as each case is different.
Can Prednisone trigger seizures in dogs?
My epileptic Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was given prednisone by a vet to see if it would help control her seizures. She had a bad seizure 1.5 hrs after it was taken. I gave her some eye ointment with dexamethasone, another steroid, and she started seizure activity about 2 hrs later. Not sure if steroids will CAUSE seizures in dogs that aren't epileptic, but they definitely cause a recurrence of seizures in my dog who is epileptic.
Is it bad that a 9 and a half week old puppy has two seizures?
Not at all dogs have seizures all the time... not
Which type of seizure is associated with an aura?
The petit mal or absence seizures often are. However, people having any kind of seizure can experience an aura. Partial Seizures are most often associated with auras. These all three of these are similar types of seizure.
Can epileptic seizures be found in the subcortical of the brian?
yes epileptic seizures can be found in the sub-cortical of the Brain's of the type of seizures are all over the brain .
How many children with roseola will have febrile seizures?
About 5-35% of all children with roseola will have these "febrile seizures."
Is epilepsy caused by a virus?
No. Epilepsy is not an infectious disease that you can catch from someone or through a virus. It is a physical ailment, affecting electronic activity in the brain There are various causes for that, but a virus would not be amongst them. Unless a virus could cause some physical damage to the brain, there is no way it can cause epilepsy.
