A seizure is a single event. It is abnormal and excessive discharge of electrical activity from a collection of neurons. This discharge is accompanied by some behavioral change in the individual. Changes may be dramatic, or may be quite subtle, some are detectable only through specialized tests, ...

The most important thing to do if someone is having an epilepsy seizure is to prevent her from harm. If she is falling, gently get her to a bed or sofa, or floor. Prevent injury from objects around her. Do not attempt to place objects in the person's ...

Hormonal issues can be important to cure epilepsy, particularly in women. Many women find that seizures tend to occur at certain points in the menstrual cycle, in a few, this relationship is precise, such that seizures occur only at ovulation or menses. This makes physiological sense, as the ...

Epilepsy drugs actually have many different actions in the brain. All, however, have the potential to affect the transmissions of abnormal signals between neurons that cause of seizures. Simply shutting down all transmissions among the malfunctioning neurons would clearly stop seizures, but this would also shut down all ...

Even more than in adults, it is critical to correctly diagnose the type of seizures occurring in a child. Starting, for instance, could be a symptom of either absence or complex partial epilepsy seizures, and these are treated very differently. More in children than adults, it is ...

Conception: Twenty three chromosomes from the mother join twenty three chromosomes from the father. At this moment, the genetic code of a human being is formed and will remain throughout that person's life. Your genetic background determines more than the color of your eyes, your height, and ...

If there is disturbed functioning of the gut wall, either increased or decreased permeability, of inflammation, then the cells lining the gut wall need to be repaired in order to achieve a return to optimal health. The healing methods for both conditions are the same, because the natural ...