Thursday, October 21, 2010
Epilepsy (Seizures)
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Arif Siregar |
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Epilepsy is a disease or brain tissue damage when attacking large groups of neurons are abnormal action potential at the same experience that causes spasms involunteer stereotypical and behavioral changes. Seizures itself, if the short duration rarely cause damage, but the seizures can be a manifestation of an underlying disease that harm, such as head injury (before or after birth) metabolic disorders (hypoglycemia, fenilkenonuria, deficiency of vitamin B6), intracranium infections, drug toxicity factor (withdrawal symptoms from narcotics, alcohol intoxication), or hypertensive encephalopathy. Seizures may occur only once or repeatedly. Recurrent seizures, spontaneous, and not caused by metabolic abnormalities that occurred many years called epilepsy. Treatment with medication to prevent seizures or to reduce the frequency so that the patient can live a normal life.
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Epilepsy (Seizures),
Neurology
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