Epilepsy Flashcards
What is epilepsy?
A group of neurological disorders characterised by different types of seizures
What is a seizure
A sudden rush of electrical activity in the brain
What types of seizures can you get?
Generalised (affecting the whole brain)
Focal/partial (affecting one part of the brain)
What are the causes of epilepsy?
Genetic tendencies
Structural brain change
What is the prevalence of Epilepsy?
600,000 cases in the uk
Every day, 87 people are diagnosed
1/220 children get diagnosed
What are the triggers of a seizure?
Stress Trauma Overexertion Pregnancy Sleep loss Electrolyte and metabolic issues Illness Visualization disturbances Under medicated Recreational drugs Etoh
T or F? Does every seizure means a person jerks convulsively and are always conscious
False
T or F? Flashing lights causes seizures in everyone with epilepsy
F- only 3% have photosensitive epilepsy
T or F? You can restrain someone during a convulsive seizure and put your finger in their mouth
F
