{"id":1365,"date":"2015-07-06T22:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T17:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.mixorg.com\/hbg\/?page_id=1365"},"modified":"2022-07-25T10:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:00:07","slug":"epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hbgmedicalassistance.com\/neurology-and-neurosurgery-treatments\/epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Epilepsy is a physical condition that occurs when there is a sudden, brief change in how the brain works. When brain cells are not working properly, a person\u2019s consciousness, movement, or actions may be altered for a short time. These physical changes are called epileptic seizures. Epilepsy is therefore sometimes called a seizure disorder. Epilepsy affects people in all nations and of all races.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Physical causes:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\nCAUSES<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/span>Surgery is most commonly done when tests show that your seizures originate in a small, well-defined area of your brain that doesn\u2019t interfere with vital functions like speech, language or hearing. In these types of surgeries, your doctor removes the area of the brain that\u2019s causing the seizures. If your seizures originate in a part of your brain that can\u2019t be removed, your doctor may recommend a different sort of surgery in which surgeons make a series of cuts in your brain. These cuts are designed to prevent seizures from spreading to other parts of the brain. Other surgical approaches are reserved for specific types of epilepsy and are most often performed in young children. One approach is to remove a large part of one side of the brain (a hemispherectomy); another is to cut the nerve fibers connecting the two sides of the brain (a corpus colostomy).<\/span><\/li>
<\/span>This therapy involves a device called a vagus nerve stimulator that\u2019s implanted underneath the skin of your chest like a heart pacemaker. Wires from the stimulator are wrapped around the vagus nerve in your neck. The battery-powered device delivers short bursts of electrical energy to the brain through the vagus nerve. It\u2019s not clear how this inhibits seizures, but the device can reduce seizures by 20 to 40 percent and completely control seizures in about 5 percent of people.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n