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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...

Hypertension : Things you know about High Blood Pressure

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High blood pressure is a common condition in most people which usually affects the body’s arteries. High blood pressure is otherwise called hypertension. Usually the heart works to pass the blood throughout the body. If you have high blood pressure, the force of the blood passing through the artery wall is consistently too high. Generally, blood pressure is usually measured in terms of millimetres of mercury (mm Hg). Generally, hypertension is a condition in which blood pressure reading ranges from 130/80 mm Hg or higher. Scientists of Heart Association divide the blood pressure categories into four. In general, ideal blood pressure is categorized as normal. Normal blood pressure . Blood pressure ranges from 120/80 mm Hg or lower. Elevated blood pressure. The higher levels of bp range from 120 to 129 mm Hg and the lower levels of bp range is below, not above, 80 mm Hg. Stage 1 hypertension. The higher levels of bp range from 130 to 139 mm Hg or the lower levels of bp range between 80 a...