Can epilepsy be cured | Seizure Types, Symptoms and Treatment Options
Channel: ERemedium
Date: 2018-08-21

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder that causes unprovoked, recurrent seizures. A seizure is a sudden rush of electrical activity in the brain.
There’s no cure for epilepsy, but the disorder can be managed with medications and other strategies.
Watch this vide to know all about Epilepsy, it's Types, Symptoms and Treatment Options.
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MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT:  

Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a brain disorder.
It occurs because of abnormal firing in the brain networks.
Epilepsy is a chronic disorder that causes unprovoked, recurrent seizures.
It is not a psychiatric problem or madness.
Majority of the people with  epilepsy are otherwise normal like another person.
Close to one crore people in india suffer from  epilepsy
It affect about 5-6 people per thousand.
Epilepsy is very common in all age groups.
These is a strong social stigma associated with epilepsy.
Family members will hide about it.
Many feel it as a result of some supernatural power and take help of faith healer, baba’s and ojhas.
 Types of epilepsy
Grossly we can divide epilepsy into two types.
Focal or partial epilepsy: The seizures start from a particular part of the brain.
Generalized epilepsy: Where there are no apparent single foci of for the origin of the seizures.
 Is it curable ?
Epilepsy is treatable in majority of the cases.
If the seizures are not controlled with medicines then there is a possibility of surgery to treat seizures.
Triggering factors
Missed medication
Illness (both with & without fever)
Severe psychological stress.
Heavy alcohol or cocaine & other recreational drugs such as ecstasy.
Lack of sleep
The menstrual cycle
Nutritional deficiencies: Vitamin and minerals
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*TimeStamps*
0:00 Introduction of  epilepsy
1:24 Types of epilepsy
2:00 Is it curable ?
2:24 Triggering factors
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