10/30/2011

Epilepsy


Epilepsy is not contagious disease or a curse but a disturbance in the body as in other diseases. If you're not in the attack, people with epilepsy can live a normal life generally.

Epilepsy due to loss of electrical charge excessive and abrupt, so the acceptance and delivery of impulses in / from the brain to other parts of the body affected.

The disease is characterized by an attack of epilepsy seizures that can arise suddenly. We who are in their environment can help patients who are experiencing an attack by: 


• Do not expose the patient from the dangers that could potentially injure
• Loosen the neck tie and belt
• Lay the facing to one side (left or right)
• Put a soft pillow under his head

There are several types of epilepsy tonic-clonic epilepsy (grandma), absans epilepsy (petit mal), simple partial epilepsy, complex partial epilepsy, epilepsy Atonik, and myoclonic epilepsy.

Relief is given if the patient had an attack of severe seizures characterized by more than 5 minutes and / or the patient is unconscious. Aid should be done immediately if the patient injured or ingested food / beverage thereby disrupting road choked his breathing. Therefore if the attack never once gave a drink or food into the mouth of the patient.

When an attack of epilepsy sufferers often bitten tongue, therefore it needs to be assisted by slipping a spoon or objects upholstered in order not to injure the patient.

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