First Aid For Seizures-1

Knowing how to help someone during and after an epileptic seizure may help you,

and them, feel more confident if a seizure happens. How you can help the person may depend on the type of seizures they have

First Aid For Seizure

What to do when someone has a seizure (pdf)

The recovery position (pdf)

Epilepsy Awareness

Triggers

Triggers are situations that can bring on a seizure in some people with epilepsy. Some people do not have any specific triggers for

their seizures, but common triggers include tiredness and lack of sleep, stress, alcohol, and not taking medication.

Epilepsy – Triggers

Causes of epilepsy

Anyone can develop epilepsy: it happens in all ages, races and social classes.

Epilepsy is the symptom of an underlying cause but …

Causes of epilepsy

Risk of Epilepsy Measured, May Be Still Higher

One in 26 Americans will develop epilepsy at some point in their lifetime, according to a population-based study. Lifetime risk up

to age 50 was 1.6% and rose to 3.0% at age 80, Dale C. Hesdorffer, PhD, of Columbia University School of Public Health in New York City, and colleagues reported in the Jan. 4 issue of Neurology.

Risk of Epilepsy Measured, May Be Still Higher

What is Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a disorder in which a person has two or more unprovoked seizures. Unprovoked means that the seizures are not provoked by a clear cause such as alcohol withdrawal, heart problems, or extremely low blood sugar. In other words,

What is Epilepsy

First Aid For Seizures

When providing seizure first aid for generalized tonic clonic (grand mal) seizures, these are the key things to remember:

FIRST AID FOR SEIZURES

Epilepsy – What It Is & What It Is Not…

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- Epilepsy: What it is … and what it’s not (part 1)

 

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- Epilepsy: What it is … and what it’s not (part 2)