Seizures: what you should know.(Information from Your Family...

American Family Physician;  May 1, 2007 ;     278 words ...What are seizures? If you have problems in your brain, you might have a seizure (SEE-zh...After a seizure, most people feel sleepy or confused. What causes seizures? Most seizures are caused by an illness in the brain called epilepsy (EP-ih-lep-see...

PET'S SEIZURES CAN SUGGEST AN UNDERLYING DISEASE.(PEOPLE & PLACES)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  December 15, 1999 ;     634 words ......disease and, if a string of multiple seizures occur in a short period, can be fatal. Seizures, fits or convulsions are terms used...function. The term epilepsy implies seizures that recur. A seizure has several...

What to do when dog suffers from seizures.(VARIETY)

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  April 11, 1999 ;     619 words ...Q - My beagle has been having seizures for a year. He usually has a seizure...can I do when he has a seizure? A - Seizures can result from head trauma, brain...phenobarbital is the most common treatment for seizures. The medication raises the seizure...

What Should I Know About Seizures and Epilepsy?(patient education sheet)

American Family Physician;  July 1, 2001 ;     473 words ......disorders. People with epilepsy have seizures over and over again. Epilepsy is sometimes...million people have epilepsy. Are all seizures the same? No. There are many different kinds of seizures. The most common and well-known kind...

Seizures a reality for dogs even more so than for humans

Oakland Tribune;  July 16, 2006 ;     645 words ......seizure of their lives occur before the age of 3. Seizures are manifest on a whole continuum of behaviors...Some dogs even have what are called clusters of seizures, where a group of several seizures occurs over a period of a few days, or within...

Surviving Seizures

The Malay Mail;  April 8, 2006 ;     410 words ...SEIZURES are defined as a sudden spasm of muscles caused by too much...mouth, and a host of other symptoms. Many things can cause seizures, but the most common causes are brain injury, epilepsy and high fever. While seizures are a very scary thing to witness, they are rarely life...

Epileptic seizures may be predictable.(the discovery of electrical...

Science News;  May 5, 2001 ;     505 words ......in the days and hours between their seizures. However, the calm they experience...devices that would theoretically predict seizures and even halt them before they begin...electrical activity in the brain. These seizures can set off violent spasms and cause...

Seizures are a relatively common medical phenomenon.

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  July 31, 2007 ;     674 words ......minutes, is a relatively common medical phenomenon. Seizures of varying degrees of severity occur in one out of...70 percent of people who have suffered one or more seizures. Idiopathic seizures are usually related to seizure disorders that we think...

Prior seizures may not stop one from receiving a driver's license

St. Joseph News-Press;  April 16, 2005 ;     634 words ......citizens if they have had convulsions or seizures within the past six months, the state...Department of Revenue. At least three prior seizures did not prevent Jeff Pratt, 26, of...accident. No one who has a history of seizures should be driving, he said. "I agree...

Seizure disorders in the elderly. (Practical Therapeutics).

American Family Physician;  January 15, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The general perception is that seizures occur most often in infants but rarely...provide appropriate management of seizures and monitoring of antiepileptic drug...United States, the annual incidence of seizures is approaching 100 seizures per 100...

Jefferson Researchers Find Timing of Post-Epilepsy Surgery Seizures...

AScribe Medicine News Service;  April 13, 2005 ;     584 words ......matters when it comes to epileptic seizures that can occur after surgery designed...We wanted to know if the timing of seizures after surgery was related to long...percentage ultimately stopped having seizures. They broke down patients into five...

MAN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR SEIZURES

Wyoming Tribune-Eagle;  May 3, 2001 ;     393 words ...CHEYENNE -- Four to five times a week seizures wrack Richard Leslie's body. Ten years...sharing what it's like to live with seizures. A little more than a year ago, Leslie...brain. "It brings me out of those seizures," he said. "It's kind of like an on...

Dilantin still an essential drug for seizures

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 3, 1991 ;     547 words ......offered little help to people with seizures. Doctors at the time named the disease...bromides were standard treatments for seizures, but the old demon myths persisted and prejudice against those with seizures prevented them from employment and...

Epilepsy Foundation Alerts Parents to Wintertime Infant Seizures

U.S. Newswire;  November 5, 1992 ;     381 words ......result most parents never anticipate: seizures or convulsions. The Epilepsy Foundation...issued an alert regarding fever-related seizures as part of Epilepsy Awareness Month. While most such seizures do not result in epilepsy, the foundation...

Epilepsy Foundation Alerts Parents to Wintertime Infant Seizures To:...

U.S. Newswire;  November 5, 1992 ;     374 words ......result most parents never anticipate: seizures or convulsions. The Epilepsy Foundation...issued an alert regarding fever-related seizures as part of Epilepsy Awareness Month. While most such seizures do not result in epilepsy, the foundation...