Save Epileptics (neurological emergencies)

Topics of Discussion

• What is epilepsy?
• How to identify the epileptic attack?
• Do and Don’t
• Prevention
• Summary

What is epilepsy?

• Epilepsy is a disease in which due to neurological changes the body become hard and taught.
• It should be differentiated from hysteria
• In certain types of epilepsy only one or few part of the body affected according the area of brain affected.

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How to identify epileptic attack?

Although many type of epilepsies, here we will deal with commonest epilepsy in adult easily identifiable

• Patient loss consciousness or disoriented
• Body becomes tight
• Teeth are closed tightly

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Do and Don’t

Do the following things

• Turn the patient so tongue don’t obstruct the throat
• Keep something like handkerchief between the teeth so teeth don’t crush the tongue.
• Keep away the things those may damage the patient

Don’t

• Never try to hold the patient so tightly
• Never keep patient on height during the attack
• Don’t give anything through the mouth during the attack
• Don’t keep any sharp things near the patient

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Prevention

Patient of epilepsy should follow advise to avoid attack

• Regular medicine
• Avoid late night work
• Avoid to much stress
• Avoid fasting
• Regular meditation
• Regular doctor follow up

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Summary

• In short, just simply avoiding tongue fall back in the mouth can prevent the attack being the fatal.
• And on the other hand only regular medicine and decreased brain stress prevent the attack.

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