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Epilepsy Misconceptions

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Description and Diagnosis Epilepsy is a neurological disorder where the brain cell activity is disturbed, developing in mostly young children or older adults (Epilepsy Foundation, n. d.). The cause may stem from a brain injury or abnormality, genetics, or even unknown causes. There are different types of epilepsy such as generalized epilepsy where the seizure originates from both sides of the brain as compared to one area. A person has epilepsy if they have at least two unprovoked seizures more than 24 hours apart (Epilepsy Foundation, n. d.). There are many kinds of tests that can be used to evaluate epilepsy such as CTs, MRIs, EEGs, blood tests, spinal taps, and genetic tests. For example, molecular genetic testing shows a correlation between a mutation on KCNQ2 and KCNQ3 with benign familial neonatal convulsions, a form of epilepsy (Fister, Soltirovska-Salamon, Debeljak, & Paro-Panjan, 2013).
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The misconceptions are forcing something hard between the teeth and restraining the person 's movement during the seizure, but in actuality doing those things could potentially harm the helper and the person having a seizure (Gouvier et al., 1995). Forcing something hard into the person 's mouth may lead to a chipped tooth or dislocated jaw, and the helper may also get bitten. Trying to hold down the person having a seizure could potentially dislocate their shoulder too. Instead, the helper should try to protect the person having a seizure by removing sharp or large objects within the vicinity to prevent injury and positioning the body carefully on its side to prevent

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If a particular technique is not working I transition to another position. No one technique is 100% effective. I have to be flexible and I continue to move until I get the person immobilized. Even during a physical intervention I make sure to use verbal commands and continue my verbal de-escalation efforts. I give myself the option to disengage or escape if safety is a concern and wait for others to assist if available.

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Janice and Jack Potts were visiting friends when Janice realized that she had forget to bring her ChillPill birth control with her. To avoid hassle, her friend Mrs. Poole gave her a different kind of birth control, BabyBan, to take during her stay. Unfortunately, Babyban is completely ineffective in 0.5% of women, yet the package labeling fails to distinguish this fact. Shortly after their stay with the Poole’s, Janice finds out she is pregnant with a child her and her husband may not be able to afford.

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When James was younger, he suffered from psychosomatic, or stress-induced seizures, similar to epileptic

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Partial Seizures is a condition that causes repeated seizures. Generalized Seizures takes place on both sides of the brain. Anything that affects the body also may disturb the brain and lead to a seizure. For example, fever, brain defect present at birth, brain infection, stroke,

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He was concerned as there were times when he came home from work and inquired about his father’s day, his father had difficulty recalling. There were times when they are in church and individuals come up to them he has to tell his father who it is as he has difficulty recalling them. Mr. Noveloso has not experienced any further seizure since the accident. Mrs. Fromes replied that the EEG revealed spikes which indicate that Mr. Noveloso is at risk for seizures and the slow waves which can be the result of structural changes in the mass or lesion. The left temporal area which is behind his ear is certain the area of seizures.

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Outline Format Title: The Dangers of Epilepsy Name: Martin Ortega Class: COMS 105 Date: 4/11/17 Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech, the audience will understand what epilepsy is, what the symptoms are, and how it is treated. Preview of Main Points: I am briefly going to discuss what epilepsy is and how it is caused, the symptoms and warning signs of epileptic seizures, and the best treatments for epilepsy. Introduction

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Brain Injuries There are a lot of different brain injuries in the world. Many of us know about a few major ones like Concussions, which is the temporary state of being unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. Alzheimer 's disease, which is a neurological disorder in which the death of brain cells cause memory loss and cognitive decline. Also others like strokes, dementia, seizures, etc.

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Has the battle been won? Is the fight over? Questions race though one’s parent’s head as they witness their child having yet another devastating seizure. To families, whose children suffer from incapacitating seizures, this scenario is all too familiar. The reality is, for many, conventional treatments fall short.

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Despite recent innovations in medicine, modern society is experiencing a growing epidemic of disease, as disorders such as cancers, autism, anxiety, depression, and PTSD become more prevalent than ever. Due to their single-minded focus on the genome as the root cause and cure of disease, many researchers in the scientific field have failed to consider other alternatives, such as the innovative new treatments and explanations of human complexity in the field of epigenetics. Epigenetics is the study of complex change in gene function that occurs without altering the actual DNA sequence and represents an interface between the dynamic world and static genome by responding to an individual's changing environment and experiences (Walsh 7). The groundbreaking

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A study was conducted to compare and contrast two recommendations provided by the American Academy of Pediatrics(AAP) and American College of Medical Genetics(ACMG) about genetic testing of children. AAP advised that genetic testing should not be done to children during childhood for diseases that occur in adulthood. ACMG identified 56 genes that can have pathogenic mutations and advised that children be tested for possible diseases that may occur in adulthood. The two recommendations were based on three factors: Nature of the test, whose interest is to be taken into account, and weighing risks and benefits.

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“Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” - World Health Organisation, 1946. Although there have been a number of ground breaking discoveries in science as a whole I strongly believe more can be done within neurology. Epilepsy affects more than 500,000 people in the UK that is almost one in every 100 people. I wish to study neuroscience as I would like to look into conditions such as this but also explore into neuroaesthetics. Having a close family member being diagnosed with epilepsy, I have been exposed to the fundamental importance of how to deal with seizures.

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Generalized Seizures affects both sides of the brain and encompass both sides of your body. If people don’t seek treatment for seizures it can often lead to mortality. Sadly, many of the patients I have treated for seizures used to avoid social activity because they were afraid of having seizures in front of

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They can be a response to physiologic event, such as fever, toxins, or hypoxia, or a reaction to some type of psychic stressor (psychogenic seizures) (Dimaro et al., 2014 and Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015). An epileptic seizure is a sudden and transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms that are the result of an abnormal activity of the brain. Epileptic seizures are the common and defining component of the disorder that is referred to as epilepsy. In other words, epilepsy is the tendency to have repeated (two or more) spontaneous epileptic seizures (Roswall, 2010; Mustapha et al., 2013 and Fisher et al.,

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