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epilepsy should be taken to the hospital rather than following

myths. The doctor will confirm the actual type of epilepsy the

patient is suffering from and treat him/her accurately.

People with epilepsy should not live in shame but to full potential.

I would love to recommend the general public to live their lives not

discouraging but encouraging the patients. I would advice the pa-

tients to have a daily balanced diet. This will help your body process

the strong medicine well rather than being infected. Also, ketogenic

diet will help the children suffering from epilepsy by making their

brain active hence reducing their seizures attacks.

By, Ngware Mburu

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWQZRviMt58

die from liquidation).

Epilepsy is a very common disease. Actually, in Kenya, out of every

one hundred people, you can find at least two living with epilepsy.

A person can have epilepsy but never be epileptic. Any living

creature can suffer from epilepsy; animals too can suffer from

epilepsy. Not all with seizure attacks are patients suffering from

epilepsy but all patients suffering from epilepsy have seizure

attacks. Seizures can be triggered by almost anything; (e.g.: Heat,

stress, alcohol, hormonal imbalances etc.) depending with the

individual.

In lay man’s language, epilepsy is the tendency to have repeated

seizures without any cause whereas seizures are brain knock-outs

due to a particular reason. To be treated, one suffering from