MY FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH AN EPILEPSY PATIENT

Cheerful Sunday folks! I trust all of you had a brilliant day.
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Yesterday was a bizarre day for me having an experience with an epilepsy patient. It happened hence, I stay in school hostel,a four man room with two bunks bed with four roommate,one of my room mate came inside the room abruptly acting out;vomiting and feeling anxious, All my intension was he was drunked not until my other room mate said to me he was an epilepsy patient having seizure. I was terrified and don't have the foggiest idea of what to do not until I checked online to track down certain discoveries, my first pursuit was "is epilepsy infectious" ,Having seen the outcome I felt relived since it isn't contagious,the next was the way to really focus on an epilepsy patient which I got some data and me with my other room mate directed him from getting harmed and caused him to feel good,after the seizure he rinsed his face and slept off. The following are some others discoveries I looked on the web;

WHAT IS EPILEPSY?
Epilepsy is a focal sensory system (neurological) jumble in which mind action becomes strange, causing seizures or times of surprising conduct, sensations and once in a while loss of mindfulness. Anybody can foster epilepsy.

WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF EPILEPSY?

• Wild jolting and shaking, called a "fit"
• losing mindfulness and gazing vacantly into space.
• Turning out to be firm.
• Odd sensations, for example, a "rising" feeling in the stomach, strange scents or tastes, and a shivering inclination in your arms or legs.
• Imploding.
  
  CAUSES OF EPILEPSY
• Horrible mind injury
• Scarring on the mind after a cerebrum injury (post-horrible epilepsy)
• Genuine disease or exceptionally high fever
  stroke, which is a main source of epilepsy in individuals over age 35
  -Other vascular sicknesses
• Absence of oxygen to the mind
• Mind cancer or blister
• Dementia or Alzheimer's sickness
  -Maternal medication use, pre-birth injury, mind mutation, or absence of oxygen upon entering the world
• Irresistible sicknesses like AIDS and meningitis
• Hereditary or formative issues or neurological sicknesses
  
  TREATMENT OF EPILEPSY
  -Medicines called anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs)
  -Surgery to remove a small part of the brain that's causing the seizures.
  -A procedure to put a small electrical device inside the body that can help control seizures.
  -A special diet (ketogenic diet) that can help control seizures.
  
  CAN YOU LIVE A NORMAL LIFE WITH EPILEPSY?
  Many individuals with epilepsy can live a typical life. Notwithstanding, patients who have had epilepsy for quite a while or whose epilepsy is hard to control are at higher danger for joblessness. They may likewise require help with their everyday existence exercises.
  
  DOES EPILEPSY GO AWAY?

While many types of epilepsy require deep rooted treatment to control the seizures, for certain individuals the seizures ultimately disappear. The chances of becoming without seizure are not as useful for grown-ups or for kids with extreme epilepsy disorders, however it is conceivable that seizures might diminish or even visit time.

WHAT ARE THE WARNING SIGNS OF EPILEPSY?

• Temporary disarray—frequently depicted as a "fluffy" feeling.
• A gazing spell.
• Uncontrollable snapping developments of the arms and legs.
• Loss of cognizance or mindfulness.
• Psychic side effects—out-of-body sentiments or not feeling "at the time"
• Memory slips
  
  IS EPILEPSY CONTAGIOUS?
  Epilepsy isn't infectious. Albeit numerous fundamental infection instruments can prompt epilepsy, the reason for the sickness is at this point unclear in around half of cases universally
  
  HOW TO CARE FOR A PERSON DURING SEIZURE?
• Ease the individual to the floor.
• Turn the individual delicately onto one side. - Loosen ties or anything around the neck that might make it difficult to relax.
• Clear the region around the individual of anything hard or sharp to forestall injury.
• Put something delicate and level, similar to a collapsed coat, under their head.
  -Remove eyeglasses.
• Time the seizure.
• Check to check whether the individual is wearing a clinical wristband or other crisis data.
• Keep yourself and others quiet.
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