Epilepsy
noun
A medical condition that affects the brain and makes a person have seizures.
She was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was a child.
Often appears as...
- diagnosed with epilepsy
- control the epilepsy
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noun
A medical condition that affects the brain and makes a person have seizures.
She was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was a child.
Often appears as...
- diagnosed with epilepsy
- control the epilepsy
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Epilepsy is strictly medical; use it to discuss health, not as a metaphor or insult.
Many organizations work to support those living with epilepsy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Contagious
Understand that epilepsy isn't contagious; you can't 'catch' it from someone else.
Her classmates learned epilepsy couldn't be spread, so they played together freely.
Pro Tip 3/3Seriousness
Epilepsy varies in seriousness; some have infrequent seizures, others more severe impacts.
Despite his epilepsy, he leads a full, active life with only occasional interruptions.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Epilepsy is strictly medical; use it to discuss health, not as a metaphor or insult.
Many organizations work to support those living with epilepsy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Contagious
Understand that epilepsy isn't contagious; you can't 'catch' it from someone else.
Her classmates learned epilepsy couldn't be spread, so they played together freely.
Pro Tip 3/3Seriousness
Epilepsy varies in seriousness; some have infrequent seizures, others more severe impacts.
Despite his epilepsy, he leads a full, active life with only occasional interruptions.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Epilepsy is strictly medical; use it to discuss health, not as a metaphor or insult.
Many organizations work to support those living with epilepsy.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Contagious
Understand that epilepsy isn't contagious; you can't 'catch' it from someone else.
Her classmates learned epilepsy couldn't be spread, so they played together freely.
Pro Tip 3/3Seriousness
Epilepsy varies in seriousness; some have infrequent seizures, others more severe impacts.
Despite his epilepsy, he leads a full, active life with only occasional interruptions.
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A new way to study the...
in this brain tissue that has been undergoing epilepsy or changing in Parkinson's disease or otherwise being altered? If we get that systematic list of things that are going wrong, those become our therapeutic targets. We can build drugs that bind those. We can maybe aim energy at different parts of the brain
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How We're Reverse...
which is a rare genetic disease associated with autism and epilepsy. When we looked inside the assembloids, we noticed something remarkable. The cells were moving much faster, but every time they would jump, they would jump a shorter distance. So in the end, they would be left behind.
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Time is memory and you...
debilitated by severe epilepsy and after many years of suffering he opted to undergo a surgery to relieve his seizures however after the surgery HM could no longer form any new memories he could remember all of his years leading up to the surgery but no matter how many
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What if we could look...
like curing epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disease in which a faulty part of the brain starts working spontaneously for no apparent reason. It's like an earthquake but inside your head. There's no way to know in advance when a seizure will occur,
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What's Driving Tigers...
gangs are part of a multi-billion dollar illegal wildlife trade Tiger parts are sold for use in traditional Chinese medicine from the nose erroneously believed to treat epilepsy to the tail used to treat skin diseases and nearly
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Performing brain surgery...
such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The pain of a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but advancements in these non-invasive procedures are paving a pathway for a more gentle cure.
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Why I speak up about...
Seizures are the trademark characteristic for most types of epilepsy, and every first-ever seizure needs to be assessed by a doctor to determine if one has epilepsy or if it's a symptom of something else.
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What hallucination...
There is a film. You're seeing a film which has nothing to do with you -- or that's how people think about it. There is also a rare thing called temporal lobe epilepsy, and sometimes, if one has this,
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A Brain Implant That...
like epilepsy, depression and dementia. But beyond that, what is this going to mean for humanity? What's really got me thinking is the future of communication. Take emotion.
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Amazing Dogs Smell Human...
blind she also suffers from chronic epilepsy AJ is her lifeline to the outside world
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A new way to study the...
in this brain tissue that has been undergoing epilepsy or changing in Parkinson's disease or otherwise being altered? If we get that systematic list of things that are going wrong, those become our therapeutic targets. We can build drugs that bind those. We can maybe aim energy at different parts of the brain
Video examples
How We're Reverse...
which is a rare genetic disease associated with autism and epilepsy. When we looked inside the assembloids, we noticed something remarkable. The cells were moving much faster, but every time they would jump, they would jump a shorter distance. So in the end, they would be left behind.
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Time is memory and you...
debilitated by severe epilepsy and after many years of suffering he opted to undergo a surgery to relieve his seizures however after the surgery HM could no longer form any new memories he could remember all of his years leading up to the surgery but no matter how many
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What if we could look...
like curing epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disease in which a faulty part of the brain starts working spontaneously for no apparent reason. It's like an earthquake but inside your head. There's no way to know in advance when a seizure will occur,
Video examples
What's Driving Tigers...
gangs are part of a multi-billion dollar illegal wildlife trade Tiger parts are sold for use in traditional Chinese medicine from the nose erroneously believed to treat epilepsy to the tail used to treat skin diseases and nearly
Video examples
Performing brain surgery...
such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, and obsessive compulsive disorder. The pain of a cancer diagnosis can be devastating, but advancements in these non-invasive procedures are paving a pathway for a more gentle cure.
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Why I speak up about...
Seizures are the trademark characteristic for most types of epilepsy, and every first-ever seizure needs to be assessed by a doctor to determine if one has epilepsy or if it's a symptom of something else.
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What hallucination...
There is a film. You're seeing a film which has nothing to do with you -- or that's how people think about it. There is also a rare thing called temporal lobe epilepsy, and sometimes, if one has this,
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A Brain Implant That...
like epilepsy, depression and dementia. But beyond that, what is this going to mean for humanity? What's really got me thinking is the future of communication. Take emotion.
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Amazing Dogs Smell Human...
blind she also suffers from chronic epilepsy AJ is her lifeline to the outside world
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
I've had grateful messages from people thanking me for being open about health on social media: from others with epilepsy who feel less alone; from a man who shows his daughter my tweets and Instagram pictures, and says she feels much less of a pariah knowing others are in the same boat; and from people asking for coping mechanisms and tips.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
The myth that people with epilepsy swallow their tongues is very injurious. When I had seizures without my roommates present, I would often wake up with my gums bleeding, my teeth hurting or my jaw aching. Often, well-intentioned people, believing I would choke on my tongue, tried to force open my clenched jaw to put in a hard object.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
No one knows quite the reason, but surgically severing the corpus callosum can reduce the rate and intensity of seizures. So in the early 1960s, a few patients with severe epilepsy had their corpus callosums cut, turning them into split-brain people.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
The doctor gave me several warnings: Never tell anyone unless necessary, because I might be ostracized. Call it 'seizure disorder,' not epilepsy, because fewer people would be frightened. Try to choose a profession as free from stress as possible.
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Lynda Resnick
American Businesswoman
When people affected by epilepsy are reluctant to expose their condition, the public remains in the dark about it - a tragic irony that has made patient care and raising funds for research more than challenging.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, there are more than two million Americans with epilepsy. Half have what I have, idiopathic epilepsy, meaning there is no known cause for the seizures.
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Rick Harrison
American Businessman
I was a really sick kid. I developed epilepsy when I was eight years old, and I would have violent seizures, and I would - literally, I couldn't get out of bed.
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James Gunn
American Director
My girlfriend says I have frontal-lobe epilepsy. I have visions. They have slowed down as I've gotten older, but I still have them.
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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
Hysteria, epilepsy, tuberculosis, and cancer were all found to result from the erratic propensities of a past life.
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Dawn Foster
British Journalist
I've had grateful messages from people thanking me for being open about health on social media: from others with epilepsy who feel less alone; from a man who shows his daughter my tweets and Instagram pictures, and says she feels much less of a pariah knowing others are in the same boat; and from people asking for coping mechanisms and tips.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
The myth that people with epilepsy swallow their tongues is very injurious. When I had seizures without my roommates present, I would often wake up with my gums bleeding, my teeth hurting or my jaw aching. Often, well-intentioned people, believing I would choke on my tongue, tried to force open my clenched jaw to put in a hard object.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I have not been diagnosed with epilepsy. I did have an MRI of the brain, and they found no abnormalities in my brain. Now, there are people with epilepsy who have completely normal MRI's, too. I just think also, you know, epileptic seizures can be triggered by emotional stress, by all kinds of things, lights.
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Sam Kean
American Writer
No one knows quite the reason, but surgically severing the corpus callosum can reduce the rate and intensity of seizures. So in the early 1960s, a few patients with severe epilepsy had their corpus callosums cut, turning them into split-brain people.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
The doctor gave me several warnings: Never tell anyone unless necessary, because I might be ostracized. Call it 'seizure disorder,' not epilepsy, because fewer people would be frightened. Try to choose a profession as free from stress as possible.
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Lynda Resnick
American Businesswoman
When people affected by epilepsy are reluctant to expose their condition, the public remains in the dark about it - a tragic irony that has made patient care and raising funds for research more than challenging.
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Kurt Eichenwald
American Editor
According to the Epilepsy Foundation of America, there are more than two million Americans with epilepsy. Half have what I have, idiopathic epilepsy, meaning there is no known cause for the seizures.
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Rick Harrison
American Businessman
I was a really sick kid. I developed epilepsy when I was eight years old, and I would have violent seizures, and I would - literally, I couldn't get out of bed.
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James Gunn
American Director
My girlfriend says I have frontal-lobe epilepsy. I have visions. They have slowed down as I've gotten older, but I still have them.
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Max Heindel
Danish Celebrity
Hysteria, epilepsy, tuberculosis, and cancer were all found to result from the erratic propensities of a past life.
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