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A medical condition in which the sufferer experiences seizures (or convulsions) and blackouts.
Examples of epilepsy in a Sentence
The oxide has been given in epilepsy and chorea.
Epilepsy itself is only inherited in a few very rare instances.
The one fact which the Lamarckians can produce in their favour is the account of experiments by Brown-Sequard, in which he produced epilepsy in guinea-pigs by section of the large nerves or spinal cord, and in the course of which he was led to believe that in a few rare instances the artificially produced epilepsy and mutilation of the nerves was transmitted.
Its most striking success is in epilepsy, for which it is the specific remedy.
There are several different types of epilepsy.
This is one of the group of medicines called anticonvulsants which are used to treat epilepsy.
The US license is for refractory partial epilepsy over the age of 12.
Cortisol, thyroid and GH deficient, epilepsy, retinal aplasia, tetralogy of fallots (repaired).
Children who suffer from recurrent febrile seizures are not diagnosed with epilepsy, a seizure disorder that is not caused by fever.
Modern MRI will frequently reveal the abnormality underlying the epilepsy.
For collecting alms by falsely claiming to suffer from epilepsy, Jennings is put into the stocks, which Harman calls " condign punishment.
This movement attempted to develop an alternative to the Victorian practice of placing people with epilepsy in mental asylums.
Hippocampal atrophy is usually the most common finding in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy who are surgically treated.
More information on seizure types There has been criticism that the word ' brainstorming ' is offensive to people with epilepsy.
Some consider this syndrome, rather than benign familial neonatal convulsions, as the earliest expression of idiopathic generalized epilepsy.
Only about 50% of patients with epilepsy will have demonstrable, diagnostic abnormalities on their first EEG recording.
Chronic epilepsy All hospital studies of newly diagnosed epilepsy have consistently demonstrated that 20 - 30% of patients do not enter remission 1-3.
Epilepsy in your queue of no eagerly nodded available Valium diazepam.
Epilepsy Action has expressed extreme concern at the news of the sudden and immediate discontinuation of the Emeside capsules.
The difficulties of diagnosing epilepsy Epilepsy can be difficult to diagnose in anyone.
This paper describes a group of patients with idiopathic generalized epilepsy of adult onset.
People with photosensitive epilepsy should consider limiting the time they spend watching TV or computer monitors.
The teams studied the genetic make-up of the members of 44 families where at least one member of the family had juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
The researchers identified three factors that increase the risk of having intractable epilepsy.
They also found that patients who had temporal lobe epilepsy had a massive loss of cells around the hippocampus.
Woolley also commented on the research from the perspective of catamenial epilepsy, a seizure pattern linked to a women's menstrual cycle.
The authors conclude that the outcome of childhood epilepsy is closely related to its early course.
Epilepsy in children Investigating the causes of childhood absence epilepsy in children Investigating the causes of childhood absence epilepsy.
This is particularly true of the early onset epilepsy syndromes, both those that are focal and those that are generalized in onset.
Similarly improved drugs for the control of epilepsy has decreased the hazards of status epileptics.
Drugs to treat epilepsy are called anti-epileptics or anti- epileptics or anti- epileptic medicines.
And in the 19th century came reports of a doctor in India using hashish as a cure for epilepsy.
Please note that some medical conditions preclude certain drivers from taking part, e.g. hemophilia or epilepsy.
I take pills for my epilepsy as well as these sleeping pills and I am totally hooked on them now.
Blood clots (infarcts) and hemorrhages in the brain About 10 per cent of all brain infarcts cause epilepsy.
The Epilepsy Unit is situated in the grounds of the western infirmary in the west end of Glasgow.
For many patients with medically intractable temporal lobe epilepsy, surgical intervention may be the only chance for patients to be rendered seizure-free.
The stigma surrounding epilepsy can make some feel less outgoing and socially isolated.
Also, some men and women with epilepsy will have a reduced libido, that is their sex drive may be reduced.
Adults with epilepsy who were having a temporal lobectomy took part in the study.
If you are on this class of drugs for underlying epilepsy you should not discontinue this medication without first consulting your doctor.
In particular, it targets children with developmental disabilities including mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, learning difficulties and epilepsy.
The hole measured over 112 inches by about 1 inch, and was possibly intended to relieve migraine or epilepsy.
In children and adults fainting is commonly misdiagnosed as epilepsy.
Vertigo Vertigo has many causes, but is often paroxysmal, and as a result is sometimes misdiagnosed as epilepsy.
Are you taking carbamazepine (used to treat epilepsy or facial neuralgia - severe pain attacks in the face )?
The authors looked at patients who developed NEAD after having intracranial neurosurgery for reasons other than the control of refractory epilepsy.
The authors conclude that NEAD may develop after intracranial neurosurgery, carried out for reasons other than the control of refractory epilepsy.
Nevertheless, any persons using a pacemaker, or having any history of epilepsy, would be advised to avoid this circuit.
Methods The charts of 11 children followed in the epilepsy clinic with valproic acid-induced pancreatitis were retrospectively reviewed.