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Epilepsy Specialist Anchorage - aknc

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Epilepsy Specialist Anchorage - aknc

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  1. Alaska Neurological Center LLC This slide contains information regarding treatment of epilepsy. There are many highly advanced medical care centers that provide best treatment to the patient with the help of its skilled and experienced specialists.

  2. Epilepsy is a neurological disorder cause loss of consciousness, sensory disturbance, due to unusual electrical activity in the brain. It can affect the mental as well as physical ability of a person.

  3. Features of epilepsy • Epilepsy is the fourth most common brain disorder that affects people of all age group • Epilepsy is same as "seizure disorders"  • It is characterized by irregular seizures • More than three million Americans suffer from epilepsy • Around 200,000 new cases of epilepsy come every year

  4. What causes epilepsy? • In 70 % cases, causes is not known • In remaining 30%, causes of epilepsy are: • Head trauma • Brain tumor and stroke • infection in tissue of the brain • hereditary • Lead poisoning • Prenatal disturbance of brain development

  5. Risk of epilepsy is higher in: • Autism • Stroke • Mental retardation • Cerebral palsy • Alzheimer disease

  6. Symptoms of epilepsy • Temporary perplexity • Staring spell • unmanageable jerking actions of arms and legs • Loss of consciousness • Psychic signs

  7. When to visit a doctor Seek instantaneous medical help if any of the following occurs: • The seizure lasts over five minutes. • Consciousness or breathing doesn't return after ending of seizure. • A next seizure follows straight away. • High fever. • Feeling heat overtiredness. • You are pregnant. • Have diabetes. • Injured during the seizure. • Have experienced the seizure for the first time.

  8. Diagnose of epilepsy • Clinical assessment • ID of seizure type • Clinical evaluation

  9. Gone are the days when it used to be incurable brain disorder now with the advancement of medical science many healthcare centers have opened which treat this die-hard disease.

  10. In Anchorage, Alaska also one can find many centers which cure epilepsy with the help of advanced medical equipment. Highly qualified, skilled and experienced epilepsy specialists do diagnosis of epilepsy and treat the patient as per that. These centers provide all the necessary tests like ECG, EVP, Nerve connection study, MRI Imagining and other analysis related to brain disorder.

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