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Epilepsy
* affects a wide variety of people of all levels of intelligence
  - approximately one per cent of the Canadian population
  - each person differently
  - men, women and children and can begin at any age
* affects more than one million women in the United States
  - two million people in the United States
  - one percent of the population
* affects people in all nations and of all races at every age
  - different ways
  - of all ages and races
* affects people of all ages, all nations, and all races
  - male and female
* also increases a woman s chance of having a baby with a birth defect
  - is described in the Bible
* basically is abnormal electrical currents in the brain which can cause a seizure.
* brain disorder causing repeated seizures or fits in the patient
  - characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
  - in which the person has recurrent seizures or convulsions
* brain disorder that causes recurrent seizures
  - involves recurrent seizures
  - produces sudden and repeated seizures
* broad term for a variety of seizure disorders.
* can adversely affect a patient's cognition, behavior and quality of life.
* can affect anyone at any age at any time
  - anytime
  - people of any age
  - pregnancy, and pregnancy can affect epilepsy
* can also be secondary to another condition, such as cerebral palsy or a brain tumor
  - cause unusual behaviour and lead to abnormal perceptions
  - have a genetic cause
  - occur in animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits, and mice
* can be a genetic trait
  - horrible, debilitating problem
  - scary word
  - difficult to detect
  - frightening and confusing for a child
  - one of such injuries
* can begin at any time of life
  - immediately after birth or can occur for the first time in old age
  - carry with it a host of social and pyschological problems
  - cause a lifetime of problems
* can develop at any age in children or adults
  - time in a person's life
  - first appear at any age, although three-quarters of all cases surface during childhood
* can have devastating effects on employability
  - effects on sex, and sex has effects on epilepsy
  - many causes
  - last a few months, years, or life-long
  - look like tremor, also
  - occur or begin at any age
  - start at any age, although it tends to first occur in children and the elderly
* can strike anyone at any age
  - time regardless of age, sex, race, or fitness
  - anyone, at any age, at any time
  - take many forms
* carries a heavy emotional burden.
* causes convulsion-like states.
* chronic and, usually, lifelong condition, and response to medications is individual
  - brain disorder that results in seizures
  - condition of recurrent unprovoked seizures
  - disorder of the brain resulting in the tendency to have seizures
  - malfunction of the brain that often results in the tendency to have seizures
  - medical problem that for many people can be successfully treated
* chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
* clinical condition characterized by recurrent seizures
  - diagnosis
* comes from the cortex, and it s the tubers that cause that problem
  - in many forms, and each person's experience is different
* common condition in our community
  - that seems to at least strike across all class boundaries
* common disorder and often goes undiscussed
  - of the human nervous system
* complex condition.
* condition associated with a brain disorder.
  - two or more recurring seizures
  - in which a person seems prone to seizures for no known reason
* condition in which seizures recur again and again
  - recur, usually in a spontaneous and unpredictable manner
  - the brain s electrical impulses somehow misfire, causing seizures
  - of spontaneously recurring seizures
  - that results when a person has recurrent seizures
  - with recurring epileptic seizures
* difficult disease to diagnose.
* disease of the brain
  - state associated with severe disability, and limitations
  - that is evident world wide
* disorder affecting approximately one in every two hundred people.
* disorder characterized by recurrent seizures
  - recurring, unprovoked seizures
  - marked by sudden releases of electrical energy by the brain
* disorder of altered neuronal excitability
* disorder of the brain in which seizures occur repeatedly
  - which takes the form of recurring seizures
* disorder of the central nervous system that effects the brain
  - that causes seizures
  - with many possible causes
* exacts an enormous toll on patients and their families.
* fairly common neurological disorder.
* general term covering a variety of conditions in which seizures occur
  - for recurring seizures or electrical disturbances in the brain
  - used to describe many different types of seizure disorders
* generic term for a variety of seizure disorders
  - used to define a variety of seizure disorders
* has a significant impact on marriage and reproduction
  - rate of mortality and often profound social consequences
  - very dark history
* has many different causes
  - forms ranging from convulsions to momentary lapses of attention
  - possible causes, such as brain injuries and tumors
* has no cure, but it can be managed
  - is able to be controlled
  - single cause
* includes all events, major, minor and auras
  - both major or generalized seizures and minor or partial seizures
* involves recurring seizures
  - seizures that continue to occur
* is actually an umbrella term covering about twenty different types of seizure disorders
  - also well-hidden in another sense
  - always a serious disorder
* is an abnormal electrical state of the brain in which neurons fire excessively
  - electrical disturbance of the brain characterized by seizures
* is an episodic disability
  - ever-growing problem in all dogs, purebred as well as mixed breeds
  - as individual as the people who have it and everyone has their own patterns of seizures
* is caused by a disturbance in the brain
  - abnormal electrical activity in the brain
  - excessive electrical activity in the brain
  - uncontrolled electric storms within the brain
* is characterized by recurrent seizures and in general can be controlled by medication
* is common amongst alcoholics
  - as well as various neurologic symptoms
  - contagious
  - covered by the Disability Discrimination Act
* is diagnosed by a physician following a neurological evaluation
  - when an individual has a repeating pattern of seizures
  - documented to be in ALL Belgian bloodlines
  - fairly prevalent in beagles as well, often times causing seizures
  - having two or more unprovoked seizures
  - highly variable in frequency, duration and severity of seizures
  - in no way related or responsible fro a person s behaviour
  - known to particularly originate with childhood
  - likely to be treated with more medications and higher doses than is bipolar disorder
* is more common in children than diabetes and kidney disease
  - diabetes or kidney disease
  - the neonates and infants
  - frequent in developing countries
  - most likely to occur after a head injury
* is no longer a problem since there are medications to treat it
  - the stigma it used to be
  - respecter of persons
  - now more common in dogs than in humans
  - of acquired or idiopathic origin
  - often present in people with a meningioma
* is one of the most common German Shepherd health problems
  - and serious neurological disorders that affects the brain
  - treatable chronic medical diseases
  - partially responsive to treatment
  - particularly devastating in the pediatric age group
  - present when a person has recurrent seizures
  - probably the most written about disease in Ancient Greece
  - rare and there aren t many people who have it
* is recurrent seizures and can develop at any time of life
  - related to mental illness
  - said to be present when seizures become recurrent and unprovoked
  - simply a condition where the patient experiences recurrent seizures
  - somtimes associated with or called a seizure disorder
  - still one of the most common neurological disorders affecting mankind
  - the failure to stop that process
* is the most common and of least consequence to the cat
  - least consequence to the dog
  - cause of seizures in dogs
  - chronic neurological disorder
  - form of seizures, also called convulsions or fits
  - neurological disease found in dogs
* is the most common neurological disorder among young people
  - in man, afflicting millions
  - in the world
  - of childhood and a common affliction in adults
  - of the severe neurological disorders
* is the most common serious brain disorder in every country of the world, including Canada
  - neurological condition affecting people of all ages
* is the name given to a series of symptoms that include seizure
  - seizure disorders for which no cause can be found
  - of the condition in which a person has repeated seizures
  - nation's second leading neurological disease
  - oldest known brain disorder
  - physical manifestation of an underlying brain dysfunction
  - repeated occurrence of seizures originating from the brain
  - result of abnormal electrical activity in the brain
  - second major inherited problem found in Vizslas
* is the tendency to have recurrent unprovoked seizures
  - recurrent, unprovoked epileptic seizures
  - term used to describe recurring seizures
  - underlying tendency of the brain to produce seizures
* is the world's most common brain disorder
  - serious, yet treatable, brain disorder
  - common, serious neurological condition
  - treated by neurologists when available or by psychiatrists in many other places
  - used to describe a number of nervous system disorders with related seizures
  - usually well controlled with medication
* means a tendency to have recurrent seizures
  - spontaneous seizures
  - that a child is susceptible to recurring seizures of various kinds
* nervous system disorder that causes seizures.
* neurological disease, a disease of the central nervous system
  - disorder affecting the brain and central nervous system
* neurological disorder characterized by a tendency to have seizures
* occurs more frequently in some cultures.
* often starts in childhood but can develop at any age.
* physical condition caused by sudden, brief changes in how the brain works
  - characterized by sudden, brief changes in how the brain works
  - occurring when there are sudden, brief changes in brain functions
  - which is caused by a sudden changes in the brain
* poses serious challenges for children.
* potentially fatal disease.
* primarily affects children and young adults, although anyone can get epilepsy at anytime.
* produces changes in the brain's electrical activity.
* psychological condition.
* public health problem in Asia.
* rare condition.
* recurrent seizure disorder irrespective of cause.
* relatively strong contraindication, in common with mefloquine.
* represents a transient and terrible catastrophe in brain physiology.
* requires treatment, preferably with monotherapy.
* seizure disorder characterized by disturbances of brain function
  - resulting from sudden bursts of electrical energy in the brain
* serious disease in itself, but it can lead to several dire complications.
* shared experience across color lines, generation gaps and gender differences.
* sign of low intelligence.
* simply refers to repeated seizures.
* subset of one of the many things that cause seizures.
* sudden abnormal electrical discharge from the grey matter of the brain.
* symptom of an underlying neurologic dysfunction occurring within the brain.
  - phenomenon of learning to a pathological extreme
* type of mental illness.
* usually begins in childhood or adolescence.
* varies in how long it lasts.
* variety of disorders that is characterized by seizures.
* very common neurological problem
  - complicated illness that can interfere with life in a number of ways
  - serious medical condition and individuals do die of it
+ Oculocerebrorenal syndrome: Diseases
  * It is also known as 'Oculocerebrorenal syndrome'. People with lowe syndrome are born with cataracts, that is the lenses of their eyes are not totally clear. Many people with the syndrome develop kidney problems at an early age. The brain develops differently, the development of the child happens slower. Such children may often have learning difficulties. Epilepsy can also occur.