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8/13/2019 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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