Overview. Epilepsy is a type of neurological disorder known for causing seizures. These seizures can be sporadic and occur without warning, or they might be chronic and occur on a regular basis.

Overview. A seizure is a sudden, uncontrolled burst of electrical activity in the brain. It can cause changes in behavior, movements, feelings and levels of consciousness. Having two or more seizures at least 24 hours apart that don't have a known cause is considered to be epilepsy.

March 26, 2024. Celebrated annually on March 26, Epilepsy Awareness Day, or Purple Day, was created to increase the public’s understanding of this brain disorder and to eliminate the fear and stigma surrounding it. With over 3.5 million people diagnosed with epilepsy in the U.S. and over 50 million worldwide, it is likely you know someone.

Experts don't fully know how a ketogenic diet works to reduce seizures. But researchers think that the diet creates chemical changes that suppress seizures. The diet also alters the actions of brain cells to reduce seizures. Get medical advice if you or your child is considering a ketogenic diet.

Epilepsy Alliance America is proud to join the epilepsy community in recognizing the second Monday in February as International Epilepsy Day. International Epilepsy Day 2023 – Monday, February 13, 2023. #EpilepsyIs– Join the worldwide effort to get #EpilepsyIs to trend on social media sites.

Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) is the most common epilepsy syndrome with pharmacologically intractable partial-onset seizures. This epileptic syndrome is associated with acute neurological insults, such as status epilepticus (SE), traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, and stroke; it is highly associated with febrile seizures, particularly.

This case study underscores the difficulties faced in correctly diagnosing rare diseases such as NMO. The average time for an accurate diagnosis for a rare disease is between 4 to 5 years. The rarity of the condition, overlapping symptoms, limited disease awareness, and reliance on specific diagnostic markers contribute to the diagnostic challenge.

In epilepsies arising from a genetic cause, analyses of the genetic etiology have occasionally found causal loss-of-function mutations in inhibitory conductances 10; however, loss-of-function.

The author practices the violin at home in Dallas. K. Krishna. They tell me that my epileptic seizures last about two and a half minutes. I have been observed freezing, like in a game of statue. A.

Subhashree Panda November 17, 2022 Every year on November 17, people worldwide mark National Epilepsy Day. Patients with epilepsy are known to experience frequent seizures, making early diagnosis and treatment essential to managing the illness. The majority of people have epilepsy, which damages the brain and causes regular seizures.

Community Forum Archive Epilepsy awareness month Wed, 11/17/2010 - 16:59 Topic: Epilepsy.com Help i want to some how get it out that it is epilepsy awareness month everyone knows it is breast cancer awareness month when october comes arownd but noone knows about epilepsy awareness why is this Email

Help us to raise awareness of epilepsy stigma by walking 50,000,000 steps – one step for each person living with epilepsy – ahead of International Epilepsy Day, 13 February 2023. Between Monday, January 9th and Monday, February 13th (International Epilepsy Day) we’ll need at least 500 people to walk 20,000 steps every week…