Do you notice changes in your seizure frequency or intensity just before your menstrual cycle starts? Well if yes, you could be a victim of catamenial epilepsy. Neurologists suggest that catamenial epilepsy…
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Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Treatment
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy or JME is characterized by the presence of petit mal seizures (also known as absence seizures), grand mal seizures (also known as generalized tonic-clonic seizures) and myoclonic convulsions. It…
Intractable Epilepsy
When epilepsy is uncontrolled, it shows the continuous manifestation of an intolerable quantity of seizures despite judicious treatment. The amount of seizures considered intolerable reliant on the patient’s lifestyle, the nature of…
Causes of Cat Seizures
Seizures in cats are not normal and are something to be alarmed of and as a matter of fact, seizures in cats are not very common. Cats who are pure bred are…
Herbal Remedies for Seizures
Whatever type of seizure disorder a person is suffering from, may it be grand mal seizures, petit mal seizures, partial seizure, absence seizure, etc., episodes of seizures are caused by abnormal electrical…
Partial vs. Generalized Seizures In Children
Tonic clonic seizures formerly known as grand mal seizures can be a result from an abnormal electrical activity in the entire brain, while absence seizures or petit mal seizures happen due to…
Psychiatric Disorders In Children And Adolescents
Children with sleepwalking disorder sometimes have seizures when they grow older. These children are not exactly a victim of sleep disorder but they have problem similar to sleepwalking. One of them is…
Understanding Grand Mal Seizures And Associated Injuries
Grand Mal Seizures, Accidents & More Generalized seizures are mainly characterized by two types of seizures that are tonic-clonic also known as grand mal seizures and absence seizure or petit mal seizures….
Having Alzheimer’s Disease May Increase The Risk Of Seizure In Elderly
The general perception about petit mal seizure is that it most often attacks to the children but very rarely to the adult and elderly. However, population based researches have confirmed that seizure…
Absence Seizure | A Few Dietary Precautions May Prevent Serious Damages
Absence seizure is common in children and is first noticed in them when they attain the age of 4 to 8 years. Seizure onset may also be little late in them. Early…