Epilepsy
A chronic disease in which repeated seizures occurs because of the poor signals provided by damaged brain cells.
Types of epilepsy
Focal onset seizures
- Starts in one area
- Aware seizure (awake) – change in senses and emotions, uncontrolled movements & dizziness.
- Impaired awareness seizure (loss of awareness) – blank stare, repeated movements like blinking, chewing, or hand rubbing.
Generalized onset seizures
- Absence seizures – blank stare, repeated movements like blinking or chewing, and lasts for 10 seconds.
- Atonic seizures – loss of muscle control, drooping of eyelid or head, and lasts for 15 seconds.
- Tonic seizures – stiffness in muscles, lasts for 20 seconds.
- Clonic seizures – repeated relaxing & stiffness of muscles, lasts for 2 mins.
- Tonic-clonic seizures – a combination of muscle stiffness and repeated jerking of muscles, loss of consciousness, lasts for 5 mins.
- Myoclonic seizures – shock-like muscle twitches, lasting for 2-4 seconds.
Triggers
Symptoms
Causes
Treatment
- Anti-seizure medicines
- Diet therapy
- Surgery
- Removal of abnormal tissue
- Disconnection
- Stereotactic radiosurgery
- Implantation of neuromodulation devices
Management
Some Facts about Epilepsy Surgery
| Number of days taken for initial investigations | 3 |
| Number of days in ICU | 2 |
| Number of days in Room | 3 |
| Follow up days | 10 |
| Total days required to stay overseas for treatment | 18 |
Role of Parishay Healthcare in planning treatment for Epilepsy!
After you contact us, a relationship manager is allocated to you who arranges a teleconsultation with an excellent healthcare provider according to your need. After your consent, we move forward with your untroubled travel arrangements, treatment plan, and follow-up care.
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