Chasity Dailey -Epilepsy Power Point Presentation

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Created By: Chasity Dailey

Intro. to Special Education

Professor Lara

A.A.C.C Fall 2013


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Learn what Epilepsy is

Learn the symptoms

Causes

Two groups that seizures are generallydescribed in

Information to get help


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Epilepsy is a neurologicalcondition, which affects thenervous system. Epilepsy is alsoknown as a seizure disorder. Itis usually diagnosed after aperson has had at least two

seizures that were not causedby some known medicalcondition like alcoholwithdrawal or extremely lowblood sugar. Sometimes,according to the InternationalLeague Against Epilepsy,epilepsy can be diagnosed afterone seizure, if a person has acondition that places them athigh risk for having another.


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Short attention blackouts,dazed behavior, memorygaps, mumbling or noresponse

Sudden falls, frequentstumbling or unusualclumsiness

Repeated, unusualmovements such as headnodding or rapid blinking

Sudden stomach painfollowed by confusion andsleepiness

Unusual sleepiness andirritability when woken up


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Frequent complaints that things look, sound,

taste, and smell or feel "funny"

Sudden, repeated fear or anger

Clusters of (repeated) "jackknife" movementsby babies who are sitting down

Clusters of grabbing movements with both

arms in babies lying on their backs

Note: It's important to remember that many ofthese signs are normal childhood behavior.

However, if they happen often and seem

unusual, it's worth mentioning to a doctor.


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The causes of epilepsy can be divided into twogroups: brain injuries and chemical imbalances

in the brain. Anything that injures the brain can

lead to seizures. But in over half the cases no

cause can be identified.

Common chemical imbalances that can produce

seizures include drugs like alcohol, cocaine and

others, low blood sugar, low oxygen, low blood

sodium or low blood calcium. Kidney failure orliver failure can also produce seizures


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Although these disorders and injuries can

explain many cases of epilepsy, often the

cause of epilepsy remain idiopathic meaning

known. About half the time no cause forseizure can be identified.

Genetics or heredity is most relevant to

generalized seizures, including absence,

generalized tonic-clonic and myoclonicseizures

Defects in genes don't directly lead to

epilepsy, but they can alter the excitability of

brain in a way to predispose to the seizures


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Epilepsy develops because of multiple gene

abnormalities or because of a gene abnormality

in concert with an environmental trigger.


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Individuals with DisabilitiesEducation Act (IDEA) - Allchildren shall receive a freeand appropriate publiceducation.

The Americans withDisabilities Act was enactedto prohibit disability-baseddiscrimination. Manyprovisions of the ADA haveparticular impact on peoplewith epilepsy, including

inclusion for safety-sensitivejobs and reasonableaccommodation.


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45,000 children under the age of 15 develop

epilepsy each year.

Approximately 200,000 new cases of seizures

and epilepsy occur each year. Incidence is highest under the age of 2 and

over 65.

Epilepsy and seizures affect nearly 3 million

Americans of all ages


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Incidence is greaterin African Americanand sociallydisadvantagedpopulations

Males are slightlymore likely todevelop epilepsythan females

50 percent of peoplewith new cases ofepilepsy will havegeneralized onsetseizures.


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Approximately 9 percent of children with

epilepsy have IQ's below 70, a percentage that

is three times greater than in the general

population. Many of them are found to besignificantly behind their peers in academic

achievement levels, ranging from 16 percent

below grade in reading to 50 percent in

general knowledge.


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Teacher attitude is an important factor in achild's social adjustment at school; programs forthe school community form an important part ofmost Epilepsy Foundation programs in localareas. Such programs generally focus on teacherawareness of seizure symptoms, seizuremanagement and full integration of the childwithin the community. School nurses also play animportant role in the management of the childwith epilepsy at school, especially in dispensingof antiepileptic medication during the schoolday, and in educating the rest of the schoolcommunity about epilepsy.


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Primary generalized seizures: Partial Seizures:

Absence seizures

Atypical absence

seizures

Myoclonic seizures Atonic seizures

Tonic seizures

Clonic seizures

Tonic-clonic seizures

Simple partial

seizures

Complex partial

seizures Secondarily

generalized seizures


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Epilepsy Foundation

8301 Professional Place

Landover, MD 20785-2353Telephone: 1-800-332-1000

www.epilepsyfoundation.org

Abilities Network

8503 LaSalle Road. Towson,Maryland,21286 Main

410.828.7700

www.abilitiesnetwork.org

Kennedy KriegerInstitute/ Neurologyand Neurogenetics

Clinic801 N. Broadway,Baltimore, Md. 21205

Case Management Office888-544-2080/443-923-9400

www.kennedykrieger.org


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Epilepsy Foundation (1996-2011).Retrieved from:http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/aboutepilepsy

/whatisepilepsy/statistics.cfm

Epilepsy.com (2013).Retrieved from:

https://www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/types_seizures

NYU Medical Langone Medical Center

(2011).Retrieved from:

http://epilepsy.med.nyu.edu/treatment Standford Epilepsy Center (2013). Received from:

http://neurology.stanford.edu/epilepsy/patientca

re/videos/e_05.html


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1) Seizures are generally described in two

groups. Name the two groups?

2) Females are slightly more likely to

develop epilepsy than males.True/False

3) Epilepsy is a neurological condition.

True/False

4) Incidence is highest under the age of 2and over 45. True of False


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