Epilepsy Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis of Epilepsy.

Epilepsy Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 2 pages of analysis of Epilepsy.
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Epilepsy

Summary: Epilepsy is a neurological condition which affects the nervous system, also known as a "seizure syndrome." Usually you are said to have epilepsy if you have two or more seizures that were not know medical conditions. There are not many treatments to epilepsy in children.
Pediatric epilepsy is a fairly new study in pediatrics, but what is epilepsy"

Epilepsy is a neurological condition which affects the nervous system, also known as a "seizure syndrome." Usually you are said to have epilepsy if you have two or more seizures that were not know medical conditions. There are not many treatments to epilepsy in children. The three main treatments I am going to focus on are Ketogenic Diet, medications for kids, and epileptic surgery.

The ketogenic diet is a special high fat, low-carbohydrate diet that helps control seizures in some people with epilepsy. Doctors usually recommend the diet for children whose seizures have not responded to several different medications. Ketogenic diet Improves the quality of life because children do not have to worry about taking there medication every day twice a day, and the parents do not have to worry about the cost of medications...

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