COPING WITH EPILEPSY/ACCEPTANCE: THE BIGGEST PROBLEM – “IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU’D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE?”

Posted in Epilepsy on July 13th, 2011 with Comments Off

“There are a couple of things that I would like to emphasize. First, people, particularly parents, have to remember that kids with epilepsy are kids first. You can’t ascribe all of their problems to epilepsy. Kids fight, they sulk, they rebel, they don’t do their chores. Epilepsy is not responsible for all of the child’s [...]

THE FACTS-THE FIRST SEIZURE AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF EPILEPSY: OTHER CAUSES OF IMPAIRED OXYGEN SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN-TICS, HABITS, AND RITUALISTIC MOVEMENTS, COLIC

Posted in Epilepsy on April 28th, 2009 with No Comments »

Tics in children usually involve the upper part of the face—screwing up the eyes, or rapid blinking. More complex habits such as grunting, and brushing the hair away from the eyes are common in children, and seldom confused with seizures. Sometimes, however, children indulge in strange patterns of movement which they apparently find pleasurable, and [...]