Characteristic signs and symptoms include:. In extreme cases, what starts as a temporal lobe seizure evolves into a generalized tonic-clonic grand mal seizure — featuring convulsions and loss of consciousness.
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Each side of your brain contains four lobes. The frontal lobe is important for cognitive functions and control of voluntary movement or activity. The parietal lobe processes information about temperature, taste, touch and movement, while the occipital lobe is primarily responsible for vision. The temporal lobe processes memories, integrating them with sensations of taste, sound, sight and touch. Photosensitive seizures can be triggered by exposure to flashing lights on screens or natural light as well as static images with contrasting….
Learn more about types of seizures, causes and symptoms, and how you can help someone having…. Learn about febrile seizures, including their symptoms, causes, and treatment options. Health Conditions Discover Plan Connect. Long-Term Prognosis for Epilepsy. Medically reviewed by Ricky Chen, M. Factors affecting prognosis Complications Studies Overview Epilepsy is a type of neurological disorder known for causing seizures.
Among these include your: age health history genes severity or pattern of seizures current treatment plan. Factors affecting prognosis.
Epilepsy complications. What does the research say? Read this next. Medically reviewed by Jeanne Morrison, Ph. In India, a hierarchy of health centers exists with a scaling up in staff skill and numbers, and improvement in facilities based upon the size of the population being served. However, doctors and services are not reliably available at these facilities. As a result, an epilepsy patient in a village can either spend an entire lifetime untreated and seizing, or, if he or she is feisty, may make a long and expensive journey to a big city for treatment.
No patient should have to do that. In India, there are about , villages with difficult access. Therein lies the problem. Some epilepsy is also preventable. Tapeworms cause epilepsy associated with neurocysticercosis. It reflects lack of access to clean food and water, poor sanitation and hygiene, and is an illustration of the public health aspect of epilepsy. Accidents, including frequent road traffic accidents, may lead to head injury and posttraumatic epilepsy.
This form of epilepsy is notoriously difficult to treat and often requires surgery. Birth injuries and hypoxic brain damage are more likely to occur with unsupervised childbirth at home. This practice is diminishing, but still prevalent in many rural communities in the developing world. Such babies may also have epilepsy in addition to cerebral palsy, mental subnormality, and behavioral abnormalities.
Other preventable epilepsies include epilepsy associated with other brain infections, and drug and alcohol abuse. How can we overcome epilepsy? Clearly, what the medical community and governments have been doing so far has not worked. The International League Against Epilepsy celebrated its centenary in The WHO has existed for seven decades.
Work has definitely been done and some progress made. But it is too little and at a very slow pace. Times have changed, and many newer resources are available. The need of the hour is a paradigm shift in all aspects of epilepsy care. We need to think about who will shoulder the responsibility of caring for epilepsy patients in communities where there is a shortage of doctors and specialists.
Can the epilepsy care workforce be expanded beyond doctors? Can epilepsy only be diagnosed by seating the patient in front of a doctor in a hospital clinic setting, or are there other viable, safe, and acceptable options? Do patients have to be transported to big city hospitals for investigations or can this also be done in heretofore-overlooked settings?
Untreated epilepsy can no longer be considered just another medical condition. It is a public health issue. Lives are being impacted as adults become unemployable and the caretaker is likewise reduced in their workforce role. Non-specialists such as paramedical personnel, district health workers, and nurse clinicians need to be trained and enlisted to expand the epilepsy workforce.
Therefore, satisfactory seizure control should be defined as having no seizures. Treatment should be directed to preventing seizures whenever possible and achieving control early in the course of illness.
The risks of uncontrolled seizures outweigh the risks of aggressive medical or surgical therapy.
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