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... If I came upon that scene, I would help him by calling the ambulance, because he may be having a seizure.
What is a seizure? ...
People with epilepsy can experience a seizure at any time in their life. ... It also shows the changes in the brain while a person is having a seizure. ... Doctors will then be able to describe how patients act during a seizure and what the brain waves of patients are like when they are having seizures. ... During that time doctors want patients to try to intentionally cause a seizure. ... Doctors let patients play a lot of video games and watch a lot of television, because these are some things that could trigger a seizure.
There are different treatments the type of seizure that I have is called Complex Partial Seizures. This type of seizure usually has about two to three minutes warning before the patients actually have an event. ... ” (Devinsky, 27)
Seizures are classified into two main groups: Primary Generalized Seizure and Partial Seizure. Primary Generalized Seizure begins in both sides of the brain which causes the person to react severely. One the other hand Partial Seizure begins at one side of the brain and then affects the other side. ...
Stress and anxiety can cause a seizure to occur. ...
Understanding the causes of the seizure, we need to know how to prevent from having a seizure from occurring. ... Fortunately, some seizures have a warning (aura) about 2-3 minutes ahead of time before the seizure occur, therefore prevention is the best strategy for avoiding seizure related injuries. ... Therefore they didn’t know exactly where the seizures were coming from and what kind of seizure I was having. ... I was told to take the MRI, EEG, PET and the CAT Scan tests to identify what type of seizure I had and the location of the source. ... She said that I was about seventy five percent seizure free after the surgery and twenty four percent of having less seizure and one percent end up being paralyzed. ... You should not be afraid of that person and should not be afraid to help a person when he has seizure.
Approximate Word count = 2494
Approximate Pages = 10
(250 words per page double spaced)
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