Showing posts with label absence seizures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label absence seizures. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Epilepsy Blog Relay: Technology—Seizure Alert Devices


This post is part of the Epilepsy Blog Relay™ which will run from November 1 through November 30. Follow along and add comments to posts that inspire you!

At the recent “Talk to the Docs” program that I went to, one of the topics of discussion was epilepsy technology.  Some of the doctors on the panel are trying to get funding to do research in this area, but so far have not been able to find any grant money.  This is just another example of how seriously underfunded epilepsy research is. 

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Types of Seizures--Absence Seizures

Epilepsy is very complicated.  There are over 20 types of seizures, not just the stereotypical tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure  in which you fall, and your whole body jerks.

Here, I will discuss the absence seizure.  There are two types: simple and complex.