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EPILEPSY Inhabitants of all regions around electrical activity in the brain.
the world contain inconsistent,

incomplete information concern- “Epilepsy is a tendency to have

ing epilepsy. What is epilepsy? recurrent seizures. Seizures are

The World Health A case in point is and affected episodes of disorganized elec-

Organization (WHO) estimates person by the name, “Moses “Characterized by seizures that trical activity in the brain that

that 50 million people of all ages Waweru, who was warned by are unpredictable in frequency, can produce a broad spectrum

around the world are affected by his parents to keep his epilepsy epilepsy is a common neurological of signs and symptoms, ranging

epilepsy; with more than 85% a family secret.” (Waweru, 2010) disorder that affects people of all from involuntary movements to

living in the developing world. ages, with onset most often loss of consciousness. -Richard

The main problem being, it is occurring in childhood and older Lechtenberg, M.D” (Kathlyn

understood by the minority of adulthood.” (Mary Jane England, Gay, 2007).

the general public hence or 2012).

handled in the negative way. A seizure, also termed as a fit is

It is not like how a septic a sudden attack of an illness, in

mosquito stalks each person which someone becomes un-

stealthily spreading malaria; no, conscious or develop violent

no. That is not how it movements. Epilepsy and sei-

attacks. Neither does it arise due zure are not one and the same.

to change of weather as lung

infections do nor due to food Epilepsy accounts for a signif-

poisoning as abdominal cramps icant portion of the disease

do. It does not spread like an burden worldwide (Murray and

infection due to bacteria or Lopez, 1994). The economic,

nature’s contamination. Epilepsy social, and personal costs of

is a neurological disorder marked this disorder are due largely to

by sudden recurrent episodes of uncontrolled seizures (Begley

sensory disturbance, loss of et al., 2000), which underscores

consciousness or convulsions the need for more research into
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