🧠⚕️💜💊"Epilepsy and the use of screens"

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It Is good to create awareness about epilepsy and develop people mostly parents on how to handle the disorder that do occur in our society and environment that kills because it was like a joke when I saw group of people gather and was consoling a mother that the child was passing through that disorder and that lead to the death of that child because she fell inside the fire when the disorder started and there where no one to help at that point because she was alone and have to cook for herself with firewood because she was hungry and the mother was crying because she has been suffering from petit mal epilepsy since childhood.

Epilepsy is not something one should play or joke with is a deadly disease.

WHAT IS EPILEPSY?
Epilepsy is a disorder of the central nervous system of the body characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions.

Sometimes it may be from genetic disorder acquired through injury and the disorder now disturbs in the brain and make nerve cell to be active and then causing seizures which may lead to any physical damage in the body caused by fracture or stroke.

One may ask what is seizures? This is a sudden occurrences by the act of taking of a person by force without the person knowing. And this seizures may come in from of an electrical strom inside ones head and because our brain regulates and maintains so much, a lot of unlike things will then go wrong.

TYPES OF EPILEPSY
There are different types of epilepsy, I will just mention few now;

1. Petit mal epilepsy: This is describe by paroxysmal attacks of brief clouding of consciousness. Example the woman that lose her child.

2. Absence seizures: This is the occurrence of an abrupt one who stays for only a short time loss strength of consciousness which is not happening at a time subsequent to a reference time recall knowledge from memory and sometime with light twitching, fluttering eyelids.

3. Myoclonus epilepsy: This is describe convulsion by alternating contractions and relaxations of muscle groups and progressive mental symptom of reduced quality or strength and genetic origin.

CAUSES OF EPILEPSY
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1. Tumour in brain
2. Infection in the brain
3. Lack of strength during giving birth
4. Watching of to much light or flashlight
5. To much intake of alcohol and drugs.

HOW TO AVOID EPILEPSY
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Everything in this world is a choice because when you force someone to carry out an instruction you have played your own part and is left for the person to play he's or her own part.
There are different ways on how to avoid epilepsy, I will just mention few for now:

1. When carrying children in the car, make sure they are properly place with the car seat belt just to prevent falls.

2. Stop alcohol and drugs because when you fall and have fracture that injury acquired may lead to seizures in the brain and the brain controls so much then something can go wrong. That why you should never drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs.

3. When riding bike we should always wear an helmet even when doing some certain sports just to prevent falls, especially in adults.

4. They should avoid dangerous activities like diving scuba, sky diving, mountain climbing and sports that need full concentration should be avoided.

5. Avoid flashing lights and screen: Being very close to anything called screen that can project to much light.

CHALLENGES EPILEPSY PEOPLE DO FACE

1. Early Death: they die fast because it affects the brain.

2. Sleep issues: they find it difficult to sleep because of the fear inside of them that the seizures may occur.

3. Thinking and memory: they are always thinking about it and they remember the pass experience etc.

4. Less impact on learning, school, attendance, employment, relationship and social interactions they can not function well because of the disorder that may occur at anytime.

5. Anything high in carbohydrates should not be taken.

HOW TO CARE FOR EPILEPSY/SELF MANAGEMENT

1. Do not fail to take your medicine
2. Always drink much of water
3. Be healthy and eat balance diet,
4. Do not fail to eat and don't skip meals
5. Avoid alcohol
6. Sleep enough and manage stress
7. Always know when you seizures are likely to occur.

TREATMENT FOR EPILEPSY

1. Surgery; in this case, it as to do with the removing the small part of the brain that's making that seizures to occur.
2. Dietary changes; by check the person's diet time to time (Vitamin B6 etc)
3. Some medicine can manage to seizures form coming.

Conclusion: parents and adult should always watch what we do and take just do avoid any from of disorder that will lead to epilepsy or any disease.

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