How do you know ou have Epilepsy?

Question

How do you know that you have epilepsy ? What are the symptoms ? How do doctors test for epilepsy?

From ages 6-9 ?

Answer 1

There is a test called an EEG...........It stands for ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM! ( E lec tro en ceph o la gram.)
Tests brain waves.
Lets back up a minute.........the way to know is if you have had a seizure.....A GRAND MAL Seizure is one where the patient convulses in a fetal position.....do no stop them....It shouldn't last but a few seconds to a minute or so....stay with them and protect their head if necessary. usually wets pants and tongue swells. Can't talk right when they wake up....
A Petit mal seizure is where they will seem to stare into space for awhile then pass out..again it may last a few seconds to a few minutes............usually there is more than 1 seizure and a EEG test to determine that it is epilepsy...

Answer 2

Epilepsy (sometimes referred to as a seizure disorder) is a common chronic neurological condition that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked epileptic seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. It affects approximately 50 million people worldwide. Epilepsy is usually controlled, but not cured, with medication – although surgery may be considered in difficult cases. Not all epilepsy syndromes are lifelong, for example some are confined to particular stages of childhood.

The diagnosis of epilepsy requires the presence of recurrent, unprovoked seizures; accordingly, it is usually made based on the medical history. EEG, brain MRI, SPECT, PET, and magnetoencephalography may be useful to discover an etiology for the epilepsy, discover the affected brain region, or classify the epileptic syndrome, but these studies are not useful in making the initial diagnosis.

Long-term video-EEG monitoring for epilepsy is the gold standard for diagnosis, but it is not routinely employed owing to its high cost, low availability and inconvenience.

Convulsive or other seizure-like activity, non-epileptic in origin, can be observed in many other medical conditions. These non-epileptic seizures can be hard to differentiate and may lead to misdiagnosis.

Epilepsy covers conditions with different aetiologies, natural histories and prognoses, each requiring different management strategies. A full medical diagnosis requires a definite categorisation of seizure and syndrome types.

Answer 3

you need to go see a neurologist who will know the proper tests to give you - usually a cat scan or an eeg. depending on the results, your doctor can prescribe certain medications. as far as symptoms go, there are different types of seizures, so it depends.
not everyone with epilepsy will shake or fall down - sometimes they will have just a blank stare or look confused. it's up to the doctor to understand what medicine will treat what type of seizure.

Answer 4

Seizures.

Answer 5

Blank staring episodes may be one.

Answer 6

They have seizures.

Doctors do brain scans and stuff.