Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder in which person get seizures. It can affect any gender and age.
Seizure is a complex phenomenon in which brain cell (neuron) give abnormal and excessive impulse leads to clinical manifestation. Presentation of seizures depends on area and amount of abnormally generated impulse.
Seizures can present as:-
1) Loss of Awareness
2) Abnormal jerk in one or more part of body
3) Staring look
4) Blinking of eyes
5) twitching of single muscle or group of muscle
6) prolonged confusion
7) Anger outbursts
8) Fall down
9) Abnormal phenomenon during sleep
Seizure can be due to many conditions, some of them are :-
1) Neurological:-
Meningitis, Encephalitis, Trauma, Hemorrhage, Ischemia, Tuberous sclerosis, Brain tuberculosis etc.
2) hypoglycemia
3) hypocalcemia
4) High grade fever
5) Excessive Fatigue
6) Photo sensitivity
7) Sleep deprivation etc.
Management
The goal of treatment is to complete control of seizures. As each attack of seizures can leads to cognitive decline.
Treatment includes control of seizures and to remove causative factors.
Treatment includes
1) Use of Anti Epileptic Medications
2) Benzodiazepines
3) Treatment of causative illnesses
4) Surgery
5) Precautions from precipitating factors
One can contact Mindwala, centre of excellence for management of epilepsy and get control of their seizures. Dr Kundan Kumar Singh is renowned neuropsychiatrist with more than decade of expertise available at Mindwala Patna Centre.
This blog is only for education of people at large and can’t be considered for therapeutic or referral use