Recommended Pages at epilepsy.com

Sneezing and Epilepsy? | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “A patient with a diagnosis of temporal lobe epilepsy reported episodes of sneezing just before his focal seizures. He asked about a possible relationship between sneezing and seizures. Sporadic reports can be found from patients with repetitive sneezing before, during or after; however, very little is known about this phenomenon. The Sneeze Reflex and the Sneeze CenterView full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on March 17, 2012 at 8:13 pm By:

New Year’s Resolutions that will Improve Your Seizure Control | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “Happy 2012. One of the most common things that everyone sets out to do at the beginning of a New Year is to make a resolution as to how they can improve themselves over the coming year. Here are three potential New Year’s Resolutions that may help to improve your seizure control.View full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on January 16, 2012 at 4:37 pm By:

MommyIFeelFunny Danielle M.Rocheford Patient Expert

New Year’s Resolutions that will Improve Your Seizure Control | http://t.co/sGyn01mR http://t.co/Vs8PgmHK

4 months ago...

Help needed for unknown allergy | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “Hi, My age is 30 yrz. I m suffering from PETIT MAL, since 15 years I am taking Pehnobarbiton and Tegral, Since 3, 4 yearz, i am suffering from very strange allergy whenever i go in sunlight, do some work like lifting things even walk around a bit eat chillies, I get Ittching all over my body, sometime it goes for like 20 mins, sometimes less, There are no visible marks on skin during this period,View full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on February 26, 2011 at 7:50 pm By:

_gluten_free Allergydiet Health Business

Help needed for unknown allergy | epilepsy.com http://bit.ly/eKSoMV

1 year ago...

Sodium levels and Trileptal | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “My husband has been having low readings on his sodium levels since he has been on Trileptal. This med is known to bring down these levels. He has been on this med for 3 1/2 years. He is also on Primidone but has been weaning off of this for over 18 months now. He is doing that VERY slowly and hasn't had any problems. He has been on this nutrisystem diet for the past 9 weeks and has increased his liquid consumption. The other day, he had a seizure. It has been 20 years since the last one. They toView full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on October 16, 2010 at 5:40 pm By:

Celiac Disease and seizures | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “Anybody out there have both celiac disease and seizures?? If so, did the Dr.s decide the celiac disease was the cause of the seizures? And, how did the Dr.s arrive at that conclusion?? I ask these questions because I was Dx with celiac disease 6 months ago and seizures 3 months ago; I can't help but think they're connected, however both my GI specialist and neurologist have not encountered patients with both conditions.View full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on August 29, 2010 at 4:46 am By:

Types of Seizures | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “Seizures take many forms. Before your doctor can prescribe the right treatment, he or she must figure out which type (or types) you have. That's the purpose of all the tests discussed in the Diagnosis section"not just to tell whether you have epilepsy but also to tell what kind.View full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on July 27, 2010 at 7:15 pm By:

twitterbo Bo Health Site

There are around 40 different types of epileptic seizure .... http://dld.bz/nPqJ

2 years ago...

Auras | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “Some people have a distinctive feeling or some other warning sign when a seizure is coming. A warning like this is also called an aura. Although some auras are unpleasant, they can be helpful because they can give you time to prepare for the seizure and keep yourself from being injured. Most injuries from seizures happen if there is no warning sign, if the warning is not recognized, or if there is not enough time to react to it.View full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on July 10, 2010 at 1:27 pm By:

The American Academy of Neurology Releases New Guidelines for Pregnancy in Women with Epilepsy | epilepsy.com

epilepsy.com — “The American Academy of Neurology just published an evidence-based review of best practices for treating women with epilepsy (WWE) who are or are considering becoming pregnant. The full article citation on-line is Harden C, et al., "Practice parameter update: management issues for women with epilepsy-focus on pregnancy (an evidence-based review): obstetrical complications and change in seizure frequency" Neurology 2009; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181a6b2f8. The article simultaneously appeView full resource at epilepsy.com

  • View Related
  • Share

Most Recently Shared on August 10, 2009 at 3:35 pm By:

_breastfeeding Global Breastfeeding Parenting Supporter

Epilepsy drugs that do and do not pass into breast milk: http://u.nu/3rss (4th point) #breastfeeding

3 years ago...