Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. How to define epilepsy. 3. What is epilepsy. 4. Who has epilepsy. 5. Risks of Seizures. 6. Let us reach the diagnosis and tests for epilepsy. 7. Medical treatment of epilepsy and anti epilepstic drugs. 8. Management of status epilepticus and febrile seizures. 9. Surgical intervention and other treatments. 10. Living safe with epilepsy. 11. Stigma of epilepsy a social issue. 12. Epilepsy disclosure chart. 13. A study of seizure types and epileptic syndromes in children. 14. A study of psychosocial impact of childhood epilepsy. 15. Case studies of abnormal case of epilepsy. Reference. There have been very few medical conditions like Epilepsy which have generated so much of social emotional and economic turmoil in the life of the sufferer and his or her significant others. This book deals with all the problems arising out of this disease which has afflicted the human race since its genesis. There have always been people with epilepsy since the dawn of time epilepsy has affected millions of people form beggars to kings. It is one of the oldest conditions of the human race with a rich and distinguished history. Ancient people thought evil spirits or demons that invaded a person's body caused epileptic seizures. Priests attempted to cure people with epilepsy by driving the demons out of them with magic and prayers. This superstition was challenged by ancient physicians like Atreya of India and later Hippocrates of Greece both of whom recognized a seizure as a dysfunction of the brain and not a supernatural event. Some of the famous people in history had seizures. People with epilepsy have excelled in every area. Nevertheless the superstitious interpretation of epilepsy has persisted for centuries. Attitudes of past societies toward epilepsy have left a legacy of stigma and damaging misconceptions which still persist. People with epilepsy continue to face fear prejudice and discrimination in their everyday lives. Modern medical technology like C.T. Scan and M.R.I. have revolutionized the diagnostic capability of the clinician's pin pointing the exact cause of the seizures. Vast majority of them are curable. Better anti epileptics are available now for seizure control. The epilepsy surgery and other modalities like Vagus Nerve stimulator are available for refractory seizures. Readers of this book will find themselves empowered to understand the disease in a scientific way and will be able to tackle this frightful situation in very confident and effective manner. So after reading the book live learn and be happy with a curable condition called Epilepsy. 174 pp. Seller Inventory # 64683

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