November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month (NEAM), and the call to action is "Share Your Purple Power.” This year’s theme celebrates the unwavering strength, resilience, and courage of epilepsy ...
If you're living with epilepsy, you already know that it takes more than medication to manage the condition. It takes a partnership between you and your healthcare provider. Your preferences and goals ...
Those ‘What if’s’ soon turned into action. Mini lost herself in learning how to detect generalized tonic clonic seizures, the type of seizure her friend experienced, in people with epilepsy. The only ...
Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006;2(4):190-200. The most common and worrying adverse effects for pregnant women with epilepsy relate to the potential teratogenesis of AEDs. Teratogenic effects are ...
It was January 2017, and she had just had her first big seizure, known as a tonic-clonic (formerly called grand mal) seizure. She went into convulsions, the plane had to turn back and land ...
We have information on our website about first aid for different types of seizures but, for a tonic clonic seizure, our ‘Calm, cushion, call’ message may be helpful: Calm. Stay calm and take control ...