Epilepsy is termed as a chronic condition causing unprovoked or recurrent seizures. Seizure is an abnormal electrical activity in the brain.

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What are the causes?

Potential causes include:

  1. Brain injury
  2. Stroke, which is a main cause of epilepsy in individuals above 35yrs of age.
  3. Structural abnormalities of brain
  4. Lack of oxygen to the brain causing damage
  5. Scarring of the brain tissue after trauma/stroke.
  6. high fever or serious illness
  7. cyst or brain tumor
  8. Cortical dementia
  9. Maternal medication use, pre-birth injury, brain deformity, or lack of oxygen/ glucose at birth
  10. infectious illnesses like AIDS and meningitis
  11. hereditary or developmental problems or neurological infections

What are the symptoms?

Seizure signs and manifestations might include:

  1. Impaired consciousness
  2. Stiff muscles
  3. A staring spell
  4. Uncontrollable jerky movements of the arms and legs
  5. Loss of awareness/ disorientation to surroundings.
  6. Psychological aura like fear / laughter / crying.

Symptoms change with type of seizure. In most cases, an individual with epilepsy often has similar kind of seizures each time, or may vary in manifestations from one episode to another.

Best doctors for epilepsy in west marredpally characterize seizures as either focal or generalized, based upon how and where the abnormal action starts and how it proceeds during each episode of seizure.

What is the treatment?

Large number of cases can be managed medically. The treatment plan will be based on severity of symptoms, age , general health, and how well seizures respond to treatment. A few treatment choices include:

  1. Anti-epileptic(anticonvulsant, antiseizure) drugs: These meds can decrease the number of seizures . In certain individuals, they eliminate seizures. To be successful, the medicine should be taken precisely as recommended.
  2. Vagus nerve stimulation : VNS device is placed under the skin on the chest and it electrically stimulates the nerve that goes through the neck. This can be helpful in certain medically resistant cases for preventing seizures.
  3. Ketogenic diet: More than half of individuals who don't respond to medications, benefit from this high fat, low sugar diet.
  4. Brain surgery: The abnormal region of the brain that cause seizures, can be disconnected or removed to prevent further seizure occurrence .

When to see a doctor?

Seek for immediate clinical assistance at best hospitals for fits in east marredpally if any of the following occurs:

  1. The seizure lasts more than 5 minutes.
  2. Breathing or consciousness doesn't return after the seizure stops.
  3. A subsequent seizure follows right away.
  4. High fever during seizures.
  5. Seizures during pregnancy.
  6. High blood sugar levels during seizures.
  7. Trauma during the seizure.
  8. Continuous seizures despite using treatment regularly.
Epilepsy (Fits) Treatment in Secunderabad

Dr. Niveditha Sai Chandra A

MBBS, MD(Gen.Med), DrNB Neurology from KMC Hospital , Mangalore. (Manipal Academy of Higher Education- MAHE)

Consultant Neurophysician