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Grand Mal Epilepsy - Articles
tonic clonic seizures have returned....
by
mkirchhofer
Posted
Thu 05 Nov 2009 10:03pm
Things have seemed to be spiraling downward lately. It is time for changes. I put a call into Dr. Neuro. No call back yet. She had a small tc last night, and a bigger one tonight. It has been a good while since she has a tonic clonic. It makes sense when I look back in retrospect; everything has been off kilter....including her behavior. H ...
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tonic clonic seizures have returned....
by
mkirchhofer
Posted
Thu 05 Nov 2009 10:03pm
Things have seemed to be spiraling downward lately. It is time for changes. I put a call into Dr. Neuro. No call back yet. She had a small tc last night, and a bigger one tonight. It has been a good while since she has a tonic clonic. It makes sense when I look back in retrospect; everything has been off kilter....including her behavior. Her ...
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Dad's Grand Mal Seizure
by
Jennifer J.
Posted
Tue 02 Dec 2008 3:17am
Here are mom and dad around 1945.
My dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003. He had surgery in 2003, just after Mom ’s 2nd surgery for cancer. (She ended up having 6 surgeries, radiation and chemo.) The tumour affected all of Dad's critical thinking skills, as well as language processing. It was difficult. A friend suggested that all ...
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Dad's Grand Mal Seizure
by
Jennifer J.
Posted
Thu 12 Nov 2009 10:03pm
Here are mom and dad around 1945.
My dad was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2003. He had surgery in 2003, just after Mom ’s 2nd surgery for cancer. (She ended up having 6 surgeries, radiation and chemo.) The tumour affected all of Dad's critical thinking skills, as well as language processing. It was difficult. A friend suggested that all ...
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Grand Prize Winner - Epilepsy Therapy Project Poetry Contest
by
elizabeth
Posted
Sat 19 Mar 2011 7:09pm
The Epilepsy Therapy Project is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit corporation dedicated to a singular focus: overcoming the funding gaps and roadblocks that slow the progress of new therapies from the lab to the patient. Epilepsy Therapy Project seeks to improve incentives and encourage commercial investment in new therapies. Acting as both a catalyst
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Epilepsy’s Big, Fat Miracle …
by
Seth Roberts ..
Posted
Fri 26 Nov 2010 12:00am
… is the title of a New York Times Magazine article about the ketogenic diet, a treatment for childhood epilepsy, which I’ve blogged about several times ( here , here... of certain fats. Perhaps eating enough of these fats would prevent childhood epilepsy. (b) It shows how someone who cares enough in this case, Jim Abrahams, whose son had epilepsy
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Novemeber is National Epilepsy Awareness Month!
by
Kelly
Posted
Mon 01 Nov 2010 12:33am
-complicated generalized tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure in someone who has epilepsy is not a medical emergency, even though it looks like one. It stops naturally after a few minutes... awareness and to help educate everyone on what to do during a seizure emergency.
Recently, Jenelle had a 9 minute tonic clonic (grand mal) seizure at school. She was convulsing
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Snowdrop: Epilepsy
by
Rudy S.
Posted
Sat 23 Aug 2008 3:09pm
distinction is that an epileptic episode is either simple or complex. The third distinction is that epileptic seizures are either grand mal or petit mal. Confused? – Don’t worry, read...
This is a comprehensive article which describes epilepsy Link: Snowdrop: Epilepsy .
What is epilepsy?
Epilepsy is the tendency of specific brain-cells to misfire
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Living A Life With Epilepsy
by
Kirsty815
Posted
Wed 10 Nov 2010 7:55pm
more found myself in hospital after suffering a tonic clonic seizure (previously known as a grand mal seizure).
My world was turned upside down. My daughter, now ten years old... and it just so happens she also lives with epilepsy. Thank you Crystal for sharing your story and helping spread the word about Epilepsy!
In November 1998 I had a seizure whilst
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November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month!
by
Kelly
Posted
Sat 01 Nov 2008 1:09am
or seizures, they think of "tonic/clonic seizures" aka "generalized seizures" aka "grand mal seizures." These are the scary ones. Where the child is convulsing, shaking and often...November is National Epilepsy Awareness Month. People with epilepsy suffer from seizures, stigma and side effects. Parents of children with epilepsy have to endure
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