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   Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • What is Epilepsy?
  • What Causes Epilepsy?
  • Types of Seizures
  • Kinds of Epilepsy
  • When Are Seizures Not Epilepsy?
  • Diagnosing Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Prevention
  • Epilepsy Treatment
  • How Does Epilepsy Affect Daily Life?
  • Risks Associated With Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Research
  • What to Do if Someone is Having a Seizure
  • Conclusion
  • Keeping on Top of Your Condition
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    Conclusion



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    Many people with epilepsy lead productive and outwardly normal lives. Many medical and research advances in the past two decades have led to a better understanding of epilepsy and seizures than ever before. Advanced brain scans and other techniques allow greater accuracy in diagnosing epilepsy and determining when a patient may be helped by surgery. More than 20 different medications and a variety of surgical techniques are now available and provide good control of seizures for most people with epilepsy. Other treatment options include the ketogenic diet and the first implantable device, the vagus nerve stimulator. Research on the underlying causes of epilepsy, including identification of genes for some forms of epilepsy and febrile seizures, has led to a greatly improved understanding of epilepsy that may lead to more effective treatments or even new ways of preventing epilepsy in the future.

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