PPT-Epilepsy Awareness

Worlds most serious brain disorder A disorder of brain function that takes the form recurrent seizures Seizures can take a wide variety of forms Convulsing A blank stare Uncharacteristic behaviour . MD, DM,. . FIACM, MNAMS. Associate Professor,. Department of Neurology,. King George’s Medical University, Lucknow. Epilepsy. MCQ-1. When do you label a “seizure” as “epilepsy”?. Presence of family history. Natalie Hendon MD. Virginia Mason Medical Center. February 21, 2015. Learning Objectives. Medical use of cannabis. 2700 BCE – Chinese physicians. Treatment of menstrual disorders, gout, rheumatism, malaria, constipation, and absent-mindedness. Epilepsy is when people have reoccurring seizures. Seizures are all different. Sometimes it causes people to fall down and shake all over. Sometimes it makes people go still and quiet. Everybody’s epilepsy is different. 3: . Working with Individuals Who Have Seizures & Epilepsy. Welcome & Introduction. Amanda Pike. Education Senior Program Manager. The Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota. Epilepsy is Not…. Epilepsy is…. November 8, 2018. efmn.org. . What do you know about the people in your program, facility, and under your care?. efmn.org. . When . older adults have . epilepsy…. There are 300,000 older adults in the U.S. that have epilepsy. What is epilepsy?. Why should we learn about epilepsy?. Medical aspects of epilepsy. Common myths and misconceptions about epilepsy. What can you do to mitigate the problem?. Summary . 2. Dr R P Joshi. Executive Medical Director – Neurosciences. Boys Town National Research Hospital. What is a Seizure?. A “storm in the brain”. Abnormal, synchronized electrical activity, changing a child’s movements, alertness, or sensation. Epilepsy Awareness. Aims:. To understand what Epilepsy is. To recognise how different seizures can present themselves. To recognise how to support someone experiencing an epileptic seizure. To recognise the potential dangers to a person with Epilepsy. ICD-9-CM ICD-10-CM 345.01 Generalized nonconvulsive epilepsy, with intractable epilepsy G40.A11 Absence epileptic syndrome, intractable, with status epilepticus G40.A19 Absence epile 1 Position Statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions Authors: Sameer M Zuberi 1 , Elaine Wirrell 2 , Elissa Yozawitz 3 , Jo M Wilmshurst 4 , Nicola Specchio 5 , Kate Riney 6 89 One size does not fit all . Drug resistant epilepsy: what is it and how does it impact you and your patients?. Drug resistant epilepsy vs . Pseudoresistance. : . the importance of ruling it out. Drug resistant epilepsy . M.V.Sc Scholar. Bihar Veterinary College. B.A.S.U. Patna. VCM-604. What is Epilepsy-. It is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions, associated with abnormal electrical activity in the brain.. Epilepsy Queensland - Bringing epilepsy out of the shadows 1300 852 853. Who can tell me what epilepsy is? . Epilepsy Queensland - Bringing epilepsy out of the shadows 1300 852 853. Epilepsy is when people have seizures.