Epilepsy.....an overview.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Epilepsy means a tendency to have seizures preceded by an AURA(a subjective sensation before an attack of a disease.)
This disease affects 6-7 individual out of 1000.

Role/achievements of modern medicine:

Modern medicine, scientist, neurologist can do much for proper diagnosis and treatment of an epilepsy. Modern imaging technique(MRI, CT scan), scientific knowledge and dedication can help to diagnose the proper pathological causes of epilepsy in brain.
Over all they do the good job.........


On the basis of study epilepsy can be classified as:
Generalized epilepsy
Partial epilepsy

There are many Causes of epilepsy:
Hereditary
Psychological
Injury
Pathological
Physiological

Trigger factors:
Alcohol
Diet
Infection and Illness
Lack of sleep
Menstruation
Photo sensitivity
Severe change in temperature
Stress.

Management:
Modern medicine can able to deal with the acute state by giving anticonvulsant drug and others.
Surgical treatment is one of the solution if any pathological cause is present.

But in spite of the over all study and modern scientific highly valuable investigation can not answer the possible or permanent treatment of an epilepsy.

0 comments:

Post a Comment