Epilepsy Defined
Description
Simply stated, epilepsy is an electrical storm in the brain - but that definition is the only thing that is simple about epilepsy, a vastly complex mental disorder. This program uses case studies of two boys, 9 and 16, and a 10-year-old girl as a starting point for creating a broadly inclusive definition of epilepsy that references febrile seizures, partial and complex seizures, generalized seizures, tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures, status seizures, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. In addition, medical specialists discuss causes of epilepsy, typical ages of onset, diagnosis methods, and a spectrum of treatments that includes ketogenic nutrition, medications, vagal nerve stimulation, and brain surgery.
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30 min
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Date of Publication
[2011], c2007
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