Epilepsy is a Psychological Disorder that Comprises of Seizures

Here, we discuss about the symptoms, causes and types of a disease as well which is called ‘Epilepsy’. Moreover, We discuss all the knowledge which you need to know about it.

 EPILEPSY

Epilepsy is a disease in which the patient experience seizures. There are electrical activities takes place in brain which disturbs the pathway of messages from brain to body.

SYMPTOMS:

Similarly, Major symptom of epilepsy is repeated seizures. In addition if the patient’s experience some other symptoms, he should seek medical help.

It includes, for example:

1. Confused memory or short blackouts
2. Temporary unresponsiveness
3. Convulsion with no fever
4. Intermittent fainting
5. Sudden stiffness
6. Sudden bouts of blinking
7. Seeming dazed and unable to communicate
8. Sudden falling
9. Sudden bouts of chewing
10. Panic or anger
11. Jerking arms and legs
12. Feeling of fear

If any of these symptoms occur it is very important to seek help.

CAUSES:

Similarly, There is a messaging system on which our whole body’s movement is dependent. Moreover, Due to epilepsy that system of messages is disturbed and causes brain to not work normal.

Furthermore, in many of cases the doctors are unable to find the core cause of this disease. More likely for example: inherent and genetic factors as well are the most common factors.

Other factors include, for example:

1. Brain related conditions like tumors and stroke
2. AIDS
3. Head injury more likely from an accident
4. Infectious diseases
5. Developmental problems like autism
6. Brain damage or injury in womb
7. Cysticercosis

Moreover, It mostly affects the children before 2 years and in old ages.

TYPES:

In some rare cases doctors become successful in finding the cause of seizures in patients. Similarly, There are two types of it based on determination of the cause. for example:

• Cryptogenic or idiopathic:

In this type doctors are unable to find the main reason.

• Symptomatic:

In this type doctors can find the main reason of seizures. Furthermore, There are some descriptors of seizures as well which describes from which part the seizures are originating. Similarly, They are of three kinds, for example:

1. Partial seizure
2. Generalized seizure
3. Secondary generalized seizure

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