Monday, March 24, 2008

Epilepsy

What is epilepsy and how does this disease relate to the nervous system?

6 comments:

Maggie said...

Epilepsy: is a condition of the nervous system that affects 2.5 million Americans. It is not contagious to other people.

Tiffany said...

Epilepsy is is a brain disorder that causes people to have recurring seizures. Epilepsy is usually controlled with medication. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy.

Anonymous said...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that commonly causes seizures. Most of the time, epilepsy can be treated with medication. Epilepsy can have triggers that create seizures, like flashing or bright lights. About fifty million people worldwide have epilepsy at any one time.

jacob ochsner said...

It is a neurological disorder that may cause siezures. You can control it with medication. About 50 million people are diagnosed with it.

aaron peterson said...

Epilepsy is a condition that causes chronic seizures. It is caused by the nervous system being disrupted in some way causing strange nervous signals. The symptoms can be somewhat controlled by medication but not treated.

mark radtke said...

Any of various neurological disorders characterized by sudden recurring attacks of motor, sensory, or psychic malfunction with or without loss of consciousness or convulsive seizures. There is surgery for it. About 50 million people have it worldwide.