Question: mild/moderate/severe epilepsy?

Question

I've been trying to look this up forever online but I CAN'T find it anywhere: I'm looking for some place that says what is considered mild/moderate/severe epilepsy based on the number and frequency of seizures. I have found nothing to the sort and it's kind of annoying me. Can anyone provide me with a link and/or the information itself (as long as you give a source for the info)?

In case you're confused, I'm looking for something like: 2-3 seizures per year is considered _____ ...

BTW I did find this information somewhere about maybe a year or so ago, but I don't remember where I found it and have no idea how to find it again! Help! :) :) :) (Gotta love the internet, huh?)

Answer 1

I have 3-5 grand mal seizures a year, sometimes more sometimes less. My doctor told me that I have a mild form of epilepsy.
Maybe you should ask them the next time you are due to see them as they will be the best source available.

Answer 2

There is no accepted definition for this. If you're talking about 2-3 partial seizures a year with sensory symptoms in someone from an old head injury, who is on a good anticonvulsant to prevent worse seizures, you're talking about something inconsequential.

If you're talking about 2-3 convulsions a year in a politician trying to become President, you're talking about something catastrophic for that person.

There may be studies that divided their subjects into mild, moderate or severe in terms of analyzing results, or maybe just two categories, but while collecting data they wouldn't have done that arbitrarily. They would have kept track of the exact number of seizures according to the type of seizure, maybe duration, whether the seizure caused missed work or school, things like that. No one would want to lose all that information to just "mild", "moderate", and "severe". When studies of anticonvulsants report results, they do so in terms of percentage of patients who had complete control or hit some target for percentage reduction in seizures. It's not a matter of changing between "mild", "moderate", and "severe".

Answer 3

Epilepsy is usually classified according to the type of seizure that the person experiences. Partial seizures involve isolated areas of the brain and generalized seizures can involve both sides of the brain simultaneously. The classification of epilepsy may help determine its treatment. Most patients can control their seizures with medications designed to reduce activity in the part of the brain that is triggering the seizures. When medication is not enough, patients may undergo surgery to remove a portion of their brain or install a device that may reduce the frequency of seizures.

If you continue to browse through the site below, I think you'll find what you need!
http://neuro.health.ivillage.com/epilepsyseizure/epilepsy.cfm

Answer 4

If you want to know more about the epilepsi, or even want to meet with them whose proffesional in epilepsi or even the patient, why dont you try this address:

http://www.epilepsy.com/

or

open this address below, because they have the address, email, web site or even the phone (which you can contact them directly) so you can ask many question to them (even, like I said, meet with the patient).

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/epilepsy/epilepsy.htm
http://www.epilepsycolorado.org/
http://www.epilepsyconnections.org.uk/
http://www.andrewsreiter.com/ --> Andrews/Reiter Epilepsy Research Program, Inc.


or

you can try to find those info here:

Epilepsy Foundation - National Office
4351 Garden City Drive
Landover, MD 20785-7223
301.459.3700; 800.332.1000 (Toll Free)
301.577.0100 for publications
Web: www.epilepsyfoundation.org


For complete info, you can go to:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/epilepsy.html
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/epilepsy.htm
http://www.naec-epilepsy.org/


Hopes that help.

Just dont get boored to open a new web. Search in google, and open every page, you think will support your search.

Answer 5

The Bible differentiates between Demon possession and psychological disability and trouble. There are also many scriptures that directly refer to depression. Matthew 4:24 24And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were LUNATIC, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. Matthew 17:15 15Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water Proverbs 18:14 14The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit who can bear it? Proverbs 15:13 13A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. Proverbs Proverbs12:25 25 Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. This scripture is quite funny: 1 Samuel 21:12-14 12David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. 13So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard. 14Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me? There are many more such scriptures dealing with these issues esp. within the book of Proverbs and Pauls writings (e.g. Philippians 4:7)

Answer 6

http://www.medicinenet.com/seizure/article.htm

http://www.medicinenet.com/seizures_symptoms_and_types/article.htm

Answer 7

better surf www.google.com. with different titles.