An absence seizure is a generalized onset seizure, which affects both sides of the brain at the same moment. During an absence seizure, you lose awareness of your surroundings.These seizures can cause a person to stare blankly, as though they are daydreaming. They may last around 15 seconds and can occur several times per day. […]
Roux Owen was just four weeks old when he was diagnosed with a rare brain tumour. He underwent extensive treatment and now lives with the effects of the disease, including epilepsy. This National Epilepsy Week, his dad Antony describes the impact it has had on the family. Roux isn’t even three yet and he’s undergone […]
A mother whose three-year-old son has up to 80 seizures a day wants the NHS (National Health Service) to prescribe him cannabis. Isaac, who has a rare genetic condition and is unable to walk, talk or eat, has tried 13 anti-epileptic drugs, all without success. Mum Sarah Sugden says no clinician will prescribe medical cannabis. […]
Lacosamide monotherapy for the treatment of childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes was well tolerated and resulted in significantly reduced seizures, according to a study published in Brain and Development. “Childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes is an age-limited epilepsy syndrome,” Tohru Okanishi, MD, PhD, associate professor of child neurology at Tottori University in Japan, and colleagues wrote. “Although the use […]
(BPT) – Did you know that over 65 million people worldwide have some form of epilepsy? What is epilepsy? Epilepsy is defined as having unprovoked seizures, which are sudden surges of uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain. These seizures can be brief lapses of attention, episodes of involuntary movement in part of the body, or […]
It is estimated that 27,000 children and teens are living with epilepsy in Florida, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. Now a new law is making it easier for these kids to go to school. Florida if one of 14 states who have versions of seizure safe school laws that allow kids to get the care […]
