1. My sibling is having Grand Mal illness. Will it be inherited to her child?
2. Any cure for this?
2006-10-01 03:09:36 · 6 answers · asked by Delphi p 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
1. it is possible (likely) that her child will have epilepsy. however i have had epilepsy since i was 3 and my only relation who had it was my grandfather during his thirties.
2. sadly there is no cure yet but there are medications her doctor can perscribe for her. in some cases after a certain amount of time the seizures go away and the patient can be taken off the medication.
2006-10-04 09:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jewish Girl891 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Grand mal is the type of seizure. There really is no cure for Epilepsy however it is totally treatable and depending on what the cause of the seizures is over time the amount of medication may be reduce or even stopped.
As far as I know there is no genetic pre-disposition to a form of Epilepsy. Epilepsy is really a general term for any type of seizure disorder.
2006-10-01 03:20:15 · answer #2 · answered by sjj571 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sadly, there is no cure. There are many medications that reduce the occurrence and duration of seizures. In some severe cases, a surgical approach may be considered. Symptomatic epilepsies can result from a genetic condition. Please refer to the article linked below.
2006-10-01 03:24:18 · answer #3 · answered by david42 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My brother experienced Epilepsy since he has been two. they put him on a medicine called Tegrotal. H e had to take it every night and the seizure then only happened occasionaly. They began to wean him of the medicine. He no longer takes the medicine an dhasn't had a seizure in over two years. I do not believe it is genetic, because no one in our family has epilepsy.
2006-10-01 03:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by MMTS 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah...worst case scenario...someone may have to separate his left and right hemispheres to get him to behave normally.(See Dr. Hyde)
It is a inherited disease.
2006-10-01 03:18:57 · answer #5 · answered by Pete 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you could alway ignore it maybe it will not be a problem
2006-10-01 03:44:12 · answer #6 · answered by kival 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋