Epilepsy & Treatment

Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a chronic disorder usually occurred in children between 1-10 years and Geriatrics above 60 years of age. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of seizures due to disturbances in electrical signaling and its transmission in the brain. It may be of different types and with different episodes of seizures from person to person. Epilepsy is a non-communicable disease with approximately 50 million people in the world suffers from this disease. People with Epilepsy respond to treatment approximately within 70% of the time and some through surgery. About three-fourths of people with epilepsy living in low and middle-income countries do not get proper treatment. Generally, people with epilepsy suffer from stigma and discrimination.

                This session includes all types of epilepsy treatment and management of epilepsy, epileptogenesis, neurology, seizures, etiology, epidemiology, types of epilepsy, pathophysiology, epilepsy life risks, diseases associated with epilepsy, first aid for epilepsy, new medication, a new advancement in diagnosis.