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Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disorder characterized by repeated seizures. These seizures are a result of underlying brain damage and differ with the type of condition. It may consist of loss of consciousness, continuous jerking of different body parts, emotional explosions, or periods of mental confusion. Studies show that although epilepsy isn’t inherited, tendency to the disorder is a hereditary trait responsible for some cases. In people suffering from epilepsy, the brain waves, which are displays of electrical activity in the cerebral cortex, have an abnormal rhythm made by excessive and consistent nerve-cell discharges. Recordings of brain waves are therefore important in diagnosis and study of the disease and are obtained by a device called the electroencephalograph. .5% of people in the world have epilepsy.

No specific cure for epilepsy exists, but seizures can be prevented or reduced in nearly 90 percent of patients by the use of drugs. The drugs used include Diphenylhydantoin, Phenobarbital, Carbamazepine, Ethosuximide, and Valproic acid. Seizures occur when cells release a large burst of electrical energy. Because epileptic seizures vary

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