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Epilepsy | Seizure Disorder | Brain disease

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Epilepsy is generally a brain disease where nerve cells do not send the signal properly, which causes seizures. Generally, seizures are uncontrolled bursts of electrical signals which change the sensations, behaviours, awareness and muscle movements. Even though epilepsy cannot be cured, but many treatment options are available. People with epilepsy almost  70% of people can manage the disease with the help of medications. Causes of Epilepsy Till now, there is no clear reason for someone who has epilepsy. But some things will make a person more likely to develop the epilepsy which includes: a brain injury or a brain tumor problems with the brain development before birth abnormal blood vessels in the brain bleeding in the brain other type of infection that affects the brain are meningitis, encephalitis  Usually, epilepsy is not contagious  which means you cannot catch it from someone who is affected. But it can often occur in families, because someone's mom or dad or broth...

Febrile Seizures | Febrile convulsions | Fever

  Febrile seizures are usually seizures which typically happen in children because of a fever.  These types of seizures are generally short lived and harmless. The overall majority of children who got seizures will recover quickly and it won’t last long-term effects or any complications. But 2.5% to 5% of children who get complex febrile seizures will eventually develop epilepsy. Generally, Febrile seizures attack the young and healthy children who have normal organ development and they have not had any neurological symptoms before.   When your child has a febrile seizure, it can be very frightening to see that. But Luckily, these febrile seizures are harmless which last only a few minutes and normally it does not indicate any serious health issues. You can help your children by keeping them calm during a febrile seizure and you can give comfort afterward. You can call your doctor if your child is evaluated as soon as possible after the seizure attack. Symptoms Generally,...