PRESENTATION OUTLINE
What is epilepsy?
A disorder in which nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures.
How is epilepsy diagnosed?
Many test track electrical signals from the brain. There are a number of blood tests that may be recommended as part of your epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. A positron emission tomography (PET) scan may be used to locate the part of the brain that is causing seizures.
SYMPTOMS:
- Psychological: anxiety, depression or fear.
- Muscular: muscle spasms or muscle twitch
- Also common: seizures, staring spells, headache, or sleepiness
How common is the disease?
Epilepsy and seizures can develop in any person at any age. Seizures and epilepsy are more common in young children and older people. About 1 in 100 people will have a single unprovoked seizure or has been diagnosed with epilepsy.
How does a person get epilepsy?
It can be heredity, there is no specific biological factor influence.
Genetic components for epilepsy:
Epilepsy can be caused by genetic factors or acquired, although in most cases it arises in part from both. It is a gene mutation.
Is epilepsy influenced by environmental factors?
It can be from environmental factors such as exposure to lead, carbon monoxide, and other poisons activate repeated seizures.
What in the nervous system causes epilepsy?
Seizures seen in epilepsy are caused by disturbances in the electrical activity of the brain. The seizures in epilepsy may be related to a brain injury or a family tendency, but most of the time the cause is unknown.
Altered nuerotransmitters:
There is an imbalance of nuerotansmitters they are normally triggered by stress or light.
