Epilepsy Treatment - Epilepsy Foundation
网页An epilepsy center is a special unit in a clinic or hospital that provides comprehensive care for people with epilepsy. Epilepsy center specialists are experts in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of epilepsy. Learn more about epilepsy centers and where to find one.
Medical Marijuana | Seizure Treatment | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Cannabis is the Latin name used most often by botanists and pharmaceutical companies. The word marijuana usually refers to the leaves and female flowers of the cannabis plant. Medical cannabis is whole plant marijuana or chemicals in the plant used for medical purposes. Cannabinoids are substances in cannabis that act on cells in the body ...
Types of Epilepsy Surgery
网页Temporal lobe resection is removing a portion of the temporal lobe of the brain. The most common type of epilepsy surgery is an anterior temporal lobectomy. It has the highest rate of success. After surgery, approximately. 60% to 70% of people are free of seizures that impair consciousness or cause abnormal movements.
Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME) | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a genetically determined syndrome. However, most people with JME do not have abnormal results on testing for specific epilepsy genes. About half (50 to 60%) of families with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy report seizures in either a direct relative or a cousin. The inheritance pattern is a complex type, although ...
Ketogenic Diet for Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
网页2019年1月23日 · Epilepsy.com's Keto News includes summaries of cutting edge research and helpful hints for people with epilepsy, parents, and caregivers who receive or provide diets for the treatment of epilepsy. One book available is, "The Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Children and Others with Epilepsy," by Dr. Kossoff and his team, which discusses the ...
Find an Epilepsy Center
网页Please call the Epilepsy & Seizures 24/7 Helpline at 1-800-332-1000 or submit a question online. Ask the Helpline. If you have trouble controlling your seizures, find an epilepsy center to get specialized care. Epilepsy centers have experts in the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of epilepsy.
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) - Epilepsy Foundation
网页Neocortical or lateral temporal lobe epilepsy involves the outer part of the temporal lobe. Medial temporal lobe epilepsy usually begins around age 10 or 20, but it can start at any age. Usually a person has had a seizure with fever or an injury to the brain in their early years. There are a lot of older names for seizures that occur in TLE ...
Who Can Seizure Surgery Help? | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Epilepsy surgery may be a treatment option for a person who continues to have seizures after having tried anti-seizure medications, diet, device, or other therapies. For every person, safety, long-term health, and quality of life are important. If surgery can help decrease or stop seizures, it can benefit a person in many ways.
Seizure Medicines - Epilepsy Foundation
网页Medicine is the most common way of treating epilepsy and is almost always the first treatment tried. There are many different medicines that can prevent or stop seizures. These are called anti-seizure medications (ASMs). They will successfully control seizures for about 7 out of 10 people with epilepsy. Some medicines tend to work better for ...
Vagus Nerve Stimulation for Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
网页VNS Therapy ® (also called vagus nerve stimulation) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an add-on therapy for adults and children 4 years and older. It is approved to treat focal or partial seizures that do not respond to seizure medications. This is called drug-resistant epilepsy or refractory epilepsy.