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Epelipsy

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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EPILEPSY!

A PHYSICAL CONDITION THAT IS CAUSED BY ELECTROMICAL STORMS IN BRAIN
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CAUSES!

  • Acute and Remote causes
  • Depends on age (they give different causes)
  • Genetic factors, progressive brain disease (rare)
  • Head trauma, stroke
  • Maternal Drug Use (from parents when pregnant)
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SYMPTOMS!

  • Seizures..witch involves:
  • Jerking muscles
  • Staring, hearing, Seeing, Tasting, Smelling
  • Feeling things that are not there
  • Sudden Falls
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LIFE CHANGES!

  • Impacts daily activities (if don't take meds)
  • You have to have enough sleep
  • Now you have to take meds everyday for rest of life
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TREATMENT!

  • Anticonvulisive Drugs
  • Surgery
  • Special diet
  • Complematary Therapy
  • Vagus nerve stimulation
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WORK CITED!

  • Book: Carson, Mary. Epilepsy. Springfield : Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1998. Print.
  • Website : "human disease." Britannica School. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 2014. Web. 20 Feb. 2014.
  • Website: . Epilepsy Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Feb 2014.
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CONCLUSION(:

  • You may not know many people with it
  • You may not hear about it a lot
  • But it is very serious!!!
  • So hopefully this helped you figure out what it is(:
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Kiara Milton