Category: "Human Interest Epilepsy"

Epilepsy and Sex: How Epilepsy Can Affect Sexual Health

Epilepsy and Sex: How Epilepsy Can Affect Sexual Health

Attention to sexual health in people with epilepsy is often lacking. Sexual dysfunction, however, is a side effect of epilepsy and the medications that treat it. Although not fully understood, epilepsy can also cause endocrine disorders that negatively impact the reproductive system, leading to infertility. People with epilepsy need to talk to their healthcare providers about ways to prevent sexual problems […]

Don’t Forget Tonight “Zoom-Learn-Ask”

Epilepsy Association’s “Zoom-Learn-Ask” Series 2023

Advocacy in Epilepsy Educational Program   Epilepsy and Women: Treatment Considerations   Date: January 24, 2023 Time: 6:00 pm-7:00 pm EST   Register by using the link below: https://bit.ly/3jYxnpq

Blackouts: When to seek attention?

Blackouts: When to seek attention?

Patients with TLoC who do not have a firm diagnosis of uncomplicated faint, situational syncope, orthostatic hypotension, or symptoms suggestive of epilepsy should have a specialist cardiovascular assessment by the most appropriate local service. Transient loss of consciousness (TLoC) is loss of consciousness with complete recovery. It is commonly described by the patient as a […]

Woman donates paintings to hospital that cured epilepsy giving her ‘freedom’

Woman donates paintings to hospital that cured epilepsy giving her ‘freedom’

A woman has donated paintings to the hospital that cured her epilepsy giving her “freedom” again. Helen Butler suffered up to 25 seizures a week and was left with horror injuries including a broken nose and collarbone because of her fits. The 42-year-old battled epilepsy since she was just nine-years-old before undergoing brain surgery at […]

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