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French 17th
century physician Jean
Taxil refers to Aristotle's "famous
epileptics". This list
includes Heracles, Ajax, Bellerophon, Socrates, Plato, Empedocles...
- stress,
sleep deprivation, and
flickering lights.
Dehydration can
trigger epileptic seizures by
changing electrolyte balances. Low
blood sugar, low blood...
- non-communicable
neurological disorders characterized by
recurrent epileptic seizures. An
epileptic seizure is the
clinical manifestation of an abnormal, excessive...
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experienced by some with
epilepsy or migraine. An
epileptic aura is
actually a
minor seizure.
Epileptic and
migraine auras are due to the
involvement of...
- are a
diverse group of
pharmacological agents used in the
treatment of
epileptic seizures.
Anticonvulsants are also
increasingly being used in the treatment...
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Because epileptic seizures typically include convulsions, the term
convulsion is
often used as a
synonym for seizure. However, not all
epileptic seizures...
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Craig Colony for
Epileptics was a
residential facility for
epileptics in Sonyea,
Livingston County, New York, US.
Situated at a
former Shaker colony, the...
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Psychogenic non-
epileptic seizures (PNES), also
referred to as pseudoseizures, non-
epileptic attack disorder (NEAD),
functional seizures, or dissociative...
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founded by
Johanna Chandler as the
National Hospital for the
Paralysed and
Epileptic at
Queen Square in 1859. The
hospital was
completely rebuilt in the early...
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Infantile epileptic spasms syndrome (IESS)
previously known as West
syndrome needs the
inclusion of
epileptic spasms for diagnosis.
Epileptic spasms (also...
