SeizuresWritten by Dr. Michael L. Johnson
Millions of people are afflicted with seizure disorders. There are many different types of seizures that present with various symptomatologies. The seizure experience depends on location and amount of brain that is affected during seizure. By definition, a seizure disorder is stimulation of a brain pathway where there shouldn’t be any activity of a pathway. The activity is spontaneous abnormal electrical discharge of certain pathways in brain. Seizure disorders may appear at any age. The person may be conscious or unconscious during seizure. The activity can range from minor tremors to uncontrollable flinging of body. Seizures can begin with minor symptoms and become increasingly global. Most seizure disorders are from an unknown cause. Repeated brain seizures characterize a condition called epilepsy. Epilepsy is a neurological condition which produces consistent disturbances in brain’s electrical pathway. Normal brain activity is described as stimulation of pathways, and these pathways communicate with each other to control body and all of its functions. When communication lines cross, messages become confusing and brain has trouble sorting signals. To date, treatment of seizures has primarily been pharmaceutically based. These medications interrupt brain activity that causes seizure. Unfortunately, medications cannot be pathway specific. The medications will interrupt all brain activity. Since seizure activity involves only certain pathways, result is that brain is more globally affected (the entire brain). This includes pathways that are not involved in seizure. This decrease in brain activity can result in many side effects. They range from behavior/personality changes to blurred or double vision.
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