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EPILEPSY (TRIGGERS (ASLEEP, TRANSITION BETWEEN SLEEP & WAKEFULNESS,…
EPILEPSY
TRIGGERS
ASLEEP
TRANSITION BETWEEN SLEEP & WAKEFULNESS
TIREDNESS & SLEEP DEPRIVATION
ILLNESS
STRESS/ANXIETY
ALCOHOL
SEVERE DEPRESSION / BIPOLAR
STATISTICS
1 in 20 people have a seizure in LIFETIME
1 in 131 people have EPILEPSY
75 NEW CASES DAILY
50 MILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE
MOST COMMON SERIOUS NEUROLOGICAL CONDITION
80% in DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
90% NOT RECEIVING TREATMENT
NON-EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
FEBRILE CONVULSIONS
METABOLIC
HYPOGLYCAEMIA
HypoCA
HypoMg
HypoNa
HyperNa
HEAD TRAUMA
MENINGITIS
ENCEPHALITIS
POISONS/TOXINS/DRUGS
PRIMARY GENERALISED
TONIC
STIFF
ATONIC
FALL - sudden loss of muscle tone
WHOLE OF BRAIN
MYOCLONIC
SHORT MUSCLE JERKS
ABSENCE
'SPACED OUT'
TONIC-CLONIC
STIFF - RELAX = CONVULSIONS
BRAIN
COMPLEX STRUCTURE
MILLIONS of NEURONES
CONTROLS TASKS
SENDS & RECEIVES MESSAGES
MISTAKE IN MSG TRANSMISSION = SEIZURE
EEG
DETECT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS IN BRAIN
DIAGNOSIS
ORIGIN
GREEK 'EPILEPSIA'
'EPI' = UPON
'LEPSIS' = SEIZURE
STIGMA in past
DEMONIC POSSESIONS / RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCES
SACRED DISEASE
SHUNNED / IMPRISONED
FOCAL
SIMPLE PARTIAL
CONSCIOUSNESS NOT IMPAIRED
RHYTHMIC TWITCHING
UNUSUAL TASTE
PINS & NEEDLES
COMPLEX PARTIAL
IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS
CONFUSED & NO MEMORY
SECONDARY GENERALISED
TEMPORAL LOBE SEIZURE
1 AREA OF BRAIN
STATUS EPILEPTICUS
! MEDICAL EMERGENCY !
LASTS >5 MINS
ONGOING
TONIC-CLONIC
AETIOLOGY
PHYSICAL CONDITION
AFFECTS ANYONE at ANY AGE
REMISSION (once/ lifetime)
TYPES
SYMPTOMATIC
KNOWN CAUSE
IDIOPATHIC
NO CLEAR CAUSE
CRYPTOGENIC
NOT CLEAR IF SYMPTOMATIC / IDIOPATHIC
TREATMENT
DAILY MEDICATION = ANTI-CONVULSANTS
NOCTURNAL