Epilepsy

It is possible to die from an epileptic seizure, but it is extremely rare. It would have to be a very severe seizure to do that. You can die indirectly as a result of a seizure, like if you fell from a high place as a result of a seizure or were engaged in some other dangerous activity and had a seizure. This is why people with epilepsy are not advised to drive. Having a seizure while driving could result in a crash and the death of the driver. The death would be a result of the crash, not the seizure itself. Most seizures in themselves are not dangerous. They may cause a temporary loss of conciousness. For most situations that is not a problem and the seizure will pass and the person will recover. That is what happens for the vast majority of people who have seizures. They lead very normal and long lives.

Epilepsy is a physical condition, not a psychological one so it would not affect personality in itself. So the only way it might affect a child is the same way any illness that a child has may affect them. It depends how they react to it and how their friends react. It is important for them to be given as normal an upbringing as possible. A parent obviously has to be careful, but they shouldn't be over-protective. The nature of epilepsy means a person is perfectly fine 99.9% of the time. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is any difference. Other illnesses affect someone all the time. So in many ways it should be easier to treat a child with epilepsy like any other child. So a parent has a lot of responsibility in how a child develops. Give them the freedom to develop as normal as possible.

Drugs that are used to treat grand mal seizures are:

Carbamazepine

Phenytoin

Lamotrigine

Valproic acid

Lorazepam

Oxcarbazepine

Clonazepam

Topiramate

Levetiracetam

Tiagabine

Pregabalin

Ethosuximide

First of all let me start off by saying that Epilepsy is the word used when someone has more than one seizure. There are many reasons why you could have Epilepsy, or could have developed it. You could have been born with it, you could of had a head injury, you could have taking the wrong drug or medication. Honestly, there are so many different types of seizures and I am just learning myself that you can have a seizure and not even no it, you can even have seizures in your sleep. I am 32 years old and i was diagnosed as an Epileptic 4 years ago. Let me tell you it has been draining. I am finding out that I have different kinds of seizures that may have even started as early as 10 years ago or more. The truth being that doctors are now finding more and more types of seizures that exist every day. I don't know why i developed it, but if I had to guess it would be because of all the drinking I did when I was younger and being on so many different medications for depression and anxiety, my Doctor would put me on something and if it didn't work he would take me off of it and put me on something else, I have sensitivities to medications also, I no longer have depression but at the time it was like having bottles of different pills just dumped on my brain. It is unfortunate that some doctors just don't care as ling as they get that extra money for writing you that script. but anyways I didn't mean to get off subject, I do that alot LOL. I hope that I helped at least a little. It is a hard thing to go through.

Yes, people with epilepsy can take antihistamines, but it's important to consult a healthcare provider first. Some antihistamines can cause drowsiness or interact with anti-seizure medications, potentially affecting seizure control. Non-sedating antihistamines are often preferred, but individual responses can vary. Always discuss with a doctor to ensure safety and proper management of both conditions.

There is temporal lobe epilepsy (which is the most common), frontal lobe epilepsy, parietal lobe epilepsy, and occipital lobe epilepsy. however, seizures are catagorized into two catagories: focal seizures and generalized seizures.

increased rage and sleeplessness.

mood swings, lack of apatite.

safe drug among the conventional older antiepileptics is carbamazepine, ethsuxamide and lamotrigine.

It is not possible to give that advice here, as there are many factors to be taken account of, like what the side effects are and what medication you are on and many other things. Talk to your doctor about any issues around epilepsy and its side effects. You can explain to the doctor what side effects you are experiencing and they can advise you based on the information that you can give them.

Someone who has Epilepsy has it all the time. What you really mean is how often do they have seizures. There is no single answer for that, as different people have them at different times. Some people could go years without having a seizure. Others might only go a few hours without having one. It depends on the type of epilepsy, the severity of the epilepsy and the triggers for individual people. A trigger is something that may cause a person to have a seizure. If they avoid their personal triggers, then they could go without seizures for a long time.

One form of epilepsy, which only affects about 3% to 5% of people with epilepsy is photosensitive epilepsy. This is the form when people have their seizures triggered by light patterns. Most people associate this with flashing lights, but there can be other causes. If someone has photosensitive epilepsy and regularly expose themselves to situations where they encounter flashing lights, then they will have more seizures. If they keep away from those situations, then they could go without them for a very long time.

Other people have no problems with flashing lights, but will get seizures due to things like stress. If they avoid stressful situations, then they won't have seizures very often. So someone will have epilepsy all the time, but will only have seizures occasionally, if they look after themselves and avoid their triggers as much as possible.

Edit: *** Depends on their triggers like me for example i have seizures and one of my triggers is stress that's hard to avoid but I meditate, listen to music, hang with friends, shop, get nails done, fix my hair, go out on a date, Girls Night Only, and text. These are what I do other people could do something else.***

To tell you the truth, these days anything can cause a seizure, disease, death, petting your dog too much. Soon they'll be telling you that you can't have a sexual intercourse with your partner. Don't worry about it leave it all in Gods hands, enjoy life instead of filling your mind with more worry.

Epilepsy has been known to medical science for thousands of years. It is mentioned Babylonian literature, the Bible and in Greek and Roman medical texts. No one knows the person who identified it first.

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try to keep person from hurting them self

DO NOT put anything into the persons mouth .make sure there air way is clear and try to keep them calm

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.

Epilepsy is a condition defined as being the tendency to have recurring seizures.

Epilepsy has many forms and many causes, so no one thing or type of thing can be said to be good for it. In the same way, no particular foods could be said to be good for epilepsy. The only advice is to generally eat healthily.

It has been said that people with Epilepsy can be less fertile than someone that does not have Epilepsy. The difference, if any, is very minor. It can actually be a result of medications being taken, rather than Epilepsy itself. There is little affect on the ability of couples to have children where one or other or both have epilepsy. People may have fertility problems that have no connection to the fact they have epilepsy.

Epilepsy is diagnosed by a person having seizures. For some people the seizures are frequent and strong. Someone having a milder form will not get seizures very often. The seizures they get will be very mild, maybe manifesting themselves as short periods of loss of conciousness, or even just feeling a little "strange" (hard to really describe this as it is different for different people) for a moment and then feeling fine. They may feel like a seizure is coming on, but it never actually happens. Most seizures are preceded by something as a person feels it coming on. This is normally called an aura, which is different for different people, the strange feeling I mentioned. It could be a physical sensation. The seizure will then follow. Someone with a mild form may get an aura, but not have a full seizure at all.

some of the other side symptoms are that the person see double of evrything and sometime walks like they are drunk

Yes. People with epilepsy do all sorts of things that other people do. Having epilepsy doe not prevent people from flying. The only thing in relation to flying that they can't do is pilot a plane, in case they had a seizure at the controls.

They can, but it depends on the severity of epilepsy that a person has, so it is often on a case by case basis in terms of what activities they take part in while there. Everyone is different. A person can often know themselves as to where their limitations are, and doctors can also advise them.

Just leave them until the seizure is over. Make sure the area is safe though. When the seizure is over put them in the recovery position, tipping their head back to make sure their airway is clear

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.

Epilepsy comes in many types, levels of severity and with many causes. Every case is different. Some people may have epilepsy for life and others may have it for a short time. So the treatment period can vary extensively.