Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures,1 and by the neurobiological, cognitive, psychological and social consequences of this condition. An epileptic seizure is a brief disturbance of consciousness, behavior, emotion, motor function, or sensation that is due to abnormal electrical discharge in the brain.2 In partial-onset epilepsy, these bursts of electrical activity are initially focused in specific areas of the brain, but may
Epilepsy Research Paper People most often associate violent twitching, falling to the floor and drooling with epilepsy. However the described event is only one kind of an epileptic seizure, which is called a tonic-clonic seizure. There are many other kinds of seizures, and each has different sets of signs and symptoms. During generalized seizures the whole brain is affected and the initial symptom is loss of consciousness. This category includes such seizures as absence seizure, myoclonic
Living with Epilepsy The person suddenly cries out, loses consciousness, falls to the ground, and foams at the mouth. Their arms and legs jerk convulsively for several minutes. What would your reaction be? As a bystander, would you know how to assist this person? Could this happen to you? Epilepsy has been studied for a long time and it is important to have a basic understanding of this disorder. According to Epilepsy.com, Epilepsy is " a neurological condition that affects the nervous system
excitatory response in the brain, and offers relief for drug addiction as well as epilepsy patients (Simon). There are many other relatively new drugs, and medical researchers are constantly developing more. All anti-epileptic drugs act as anticonvulsants. There are several anti-epileptic drugs like phenytoin, carbamazepine, and divalproex, which are considered the front-line drugs—the ones doctors try first; if patients do not respond well to them, doctors will move on to other drugs (Simon)
Introduction With 65 million people worldwide suffering from it, epilepsy is a growing health concern. One in twenty-six people will be diagnosed with epilepsy in the United States at some point in their lives. Epilepsy affects people of any age and any background (TEF, 2013). Sixty percent of cases are of unknown cause. Seizures affect different parts of the brain and result from different factors such as genetic, symptomatic, or idiopathic. Seizures can express themselves as partial (involved
Epilepsy Epilepsy is not what you think. It is a complicated disease, a disease that doesn't just affect one type of person or age. Over fifty million men, women, and children cope with this disease daily. Epilepsy is a mysterious disease to those who are unfamiliar and uneducated about the disease. Many people have preconceived notions about Epileptics. Researching the topic thoroughly, the five preconceived notions I explored have been proven to be false. People uneducated about Epilepsy
This paper is going to discuss the condition Epilepsy. Epilepsy is defined as a disorder of the brain characterized by the recurrence of unprovoked seizures (Shorvon, 2009). Epilepsy starts in your brain, the brain is like a computer, it is made up of a mass of cells, called neurons, which connect to each other in very complicated ways (Routh, 2004). Electrical messages are constantly being passed from one neuron to another down nerves to the muscles in the body (Mair, 2004). If a person has epilepsy
What is a depressant? It is defined as substances that slow down the normal function of the central nervous system. The drugs that are considered as depressants are alchol and barbiturates. Their are many resons as to why people tend to take depressants some do it to reduce tensions, to forget their problems or troubles or to relieve feelings of lonliness or boredome (Morris&Maistro). As I was doing my research their was one depressant that continued to pop up and is the most common one of all of
How Seizures affect Brain Activity A seizure is a short occurrence of symptoms that is caused by a burst of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. Customarily, a seizure lasts from a few seconds to a few minutes. There are different types of seizures not just one. Depending on which part and how much of the brain is affected by the electrical disturbance will determine which type of seizure will occur. Experts divide seizures into five generalized seizures, these include: partial seizures, epileptic/non-epileptic
The prediction of the drug tolerance was based on drug effect theory stated that functional tolerance is an adaptation to disruptive effects of drugs on continuing patterns of neutral activity, instead of exposure to the drug itself. The drug effect theory has used before-and-after experiments. There are two groups in the before-and-after design experiment. The first group: the subjects receive drug after they tested on criterion on each tolerance trail. The second group: the subjects receive drug
result in learning difficulties, choking (during seizures), injuries, and even brain damage. Most people diagnosed with epilepsy will continue to have it throughout their lives. There is no cure for epilepsy but the disease can be controlled using anticonvulsant drugs (Epilepsy). Epilepsy can be caused by a variety of incidents or have no known cause at all. Seizures are caused when anything causes a disruption of a burst of electricity in the brain (NINDS Epilepsy Information Page). Seizures can be triggered
for others, the drugs have very little effect when it comes to controlling seizures. For children who fall under this category, the Ketogenic diet may be a worthy alternative. The ketogenic diet is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet that has an anticonvulsant effect in many children and adolescents with Epilepsy. Typically, the body breaks down carbohydrates into glucose, which is then used to fuel cellular respiration in our bodies. When the body lacks a sufficient amount of glucose to maintain the
(CBD), which is non-psychoactive. THC is the dominant psychoactive compound in Cannabis. The ratio of these compounds correlate to the therapeutic effects in contrast to the psychoactive effects when levels of THC is higher. Both THC and CB have anticonvulsant properties (Wallace et al. 2001). Cannabinoid receptors are extensively dispersed neurally (Vaney et al. 2004). The endocannabinoid system is a group of endogenous cannabinoid receptors found across the brain and spinal cord. The endocannabinoid
intra-ventricular hemorrhage. Secondary injuries like hypoxia, acidosis, and other parts which can damage the brain. Neurosurgeons have given prophylactic anticonvulsants for patients with intracranial hemorrhages, although the period for the medication is not clear. For patients who have experienced seizure can be treated with anticonvulsants for 6-12 months. “The new antiepileptic drug is used for the acute brain injury for seizure treatment or prophylaxis” (Rangel,
In my diagnosis paper, I wrote about the character Tate Langdon, who was a main character in the first season of American Horror Story, a television show of FX. The disorders that I diagnosed Tate Langdon with are antisocial personality disorder and schizophrenia. Antisocial personality disorder is a disorder in which a person, typically a male, in which they exhibit a lack of conscience of wrongdoing. Antisocial personalities also inhibit impulse and they feel and careless towards family, friends
Jamestown settlers cultivated hemp produced by the marijuana plant. They used these fibers to make clothing, rope, and canvas because of its quality and durability. Physicians in the 19th century were prescribing cannabis as a pain reliever, an anticonvulsant, and for migraine headaches (Doweiko, 2002). Following his work in India in the 1840's William O'Shaughnessy introduced medicinal marijuana to the United Kingdom. Queen Victoria used marijuana for dysmenorrhoea during the same time period
The Crisis of Alcohol The drug choice of alcohol can be described and characterized as a drug that, despite its legality and prerequisite for a required age minimum, causes and elicits the most violence and aggressive behavior than all of the illicit drugs combined. Not only does alcohol weaken an individual’s ability to go about life efficiently, such as being able to operate a motor vehicle, but the drug also triggers an intense physiological alteration to body conditions as well, resulting
Imagine a person who is the life of the party. They are the person from work or school who can take any project and have it completed perfectly, ahead of schedule. They wear new clothes and have a high fashion sense, they love to shop and spend money. They are always up for a challenge, wanting to be creative and fun. They live life to the fullest and everyone wants to be around them. Now imagine the opposite of that person, someone who is depressed, low, almost to the point of not even wanting to
medications affect certain brain chemicals associated with mood; this can cause the reduction of the urge of binge eating episodes. Anticonvulsant topirmate otherwise known as topamaz is normally taken to control seizures but it has been found to reduce binge eating episodes. However the side effects are sometimes found to be worse than the symptoms that the anticonvulsant topimate
A muscular dystrophy is a group of diseases that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles used during voluntary movement. This disease will occur when one just one of the thousands of genes that aid in programming proteins critical to muscle integrity is mutated. There are some types of muscular dystrophies that affect the heart, gastrointestinal system, endocrine system, spine, eyes, brain, and other organs. This disease may cause a serious respiratory and cardiac disease