What is epilepsy? Duties Top
Epilepsy is a neurological disease. It is an expression of abnormal function, acute and transient electrical activity in the brain, resulting in seizures, also called seizures. It is defined by the recurrence of seizures for some time in the life of an individual. The specialist in epilepsy is a neurologist or a neurologist.
Given the multiple expressions of crises and their evolution, there is not a convulsion or seizure.
Diagnosis The diagnosis of epilepsy based on careful and precise description of the unfolding of the crisis. Only the story of the patient and / or his entourage will appreciate the existence of possible symptoms of the disease: twitching, unconsciousness, collapse, absence, relaxation of sphincters, automation ...
To confirm the diagnosis, the neurologist prescribed an EEG examination that records the electrical activity of the brain. It will be repeated to monitor disease progression.
The search for the cause of epilepsy will occur through the neuro-radiological techniques such as CT and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
40% of epilepsies are associated with brain damage (birth defects, encephalitis, sequelae of pain at birth, head injury, stroke, tumors ...). 5 to 10% of them are genetic. Thus the causes of epilepsy are found only once in two.
In France, approximately 450,000 people suffer from epilepsy. Each year, 100 people a day have a first heart attack. Half the time, this crisis may usher epileptic disease.
treatments
They are primarily medical. There is no anti-epileptic specific to a given form of epilepsy. Only the experience of the neurologist will guide the choice of treatment. The regular and daily treatment is the only guarantor of effectiveness to crises.
Three treatment responses are usually observed:
1. Crises disappear fairly quickly after the initiation of treatment.
2. Crises disappear but remain significant risk of relapse upon discontinuation of treatment.
3. In 10-20% of cases, seizures persist despite all attempts at drug treatment. This is called drug-resistant epilepsy.
Surgery to remove the area responsible for the electrical discharge can be given in 5 to 6% of drug-resistant epilepsy.
this intervention can be performed in certain specialized neurosurgical services.
How to manifest epilepsy?
Two main types of crises should be retained:
generalized seizures, including
1. The tonic-clonic : What are the best known, most impressive but not more frequent. They are manifested by a fall with loss of consciousness, convulsive movements, tongue biting, ... . These attacks are called attacks "Grand Mal".
2. Absences: they manifest themselves by a brief loss of contact (a few seconds), resulting in a fixed stare, and are sometimes accompanied by chewing, or involuntary movements called automatisms and inappropriate. Absences are repeated a frequent basis during the day. They met once in the definition of "Little Evil".
partial seizures: they affect only certain parts of the body. They can result in motor disorders, sensory disturbances and sensory disturbances of memory or consciousness. Some of these partial seizures may evolve into a generalized tonic-clonic.
Dealing with a crisis?
Most crises occur unexpectedly. They are short and stop by themselves.
The majority of patients do not get hurt during the crisis and generally have no need of hospitalization or medical intervention unless it is a first seizure.
Crises with convulsions
1. We must keep calm, the crisis will end.
2. We must extend the person gently and as soon as possible, put it on the side.
3. We must protect the head against possible injury.
4. Make sure that the person is breathing without difficulty, especially if his face turned pale.
5. You must stay with the person until she recovered, the comfort and identify possible injury.
6. Do not panic and intervene unnecessarily.
7. It should not prevent the movement and nothing should be put in the mouth.
8. Do not move person except to protect it from injury.
9. Do not routinely call the ambulance or ask for help, but if attacks succeed or if the person has difficulty breathing or injury.
10. Do not imagine that the person has fully recovered as soon as the crisis is over, some people remain confused and disoriented for several minutes after the apparent end of the crisis.
Other types of seizures
1. The person falls and rises with or without disorientation must reassure and make sure it did not hurt and stay with her until recovery complete.
2. The person suddenly seems confused, begins to wander aimlessly and has a strange behavior (picking up objects off her clothes ... not to intervene except in an emergency. Reassuring and wait for full recovery.
TRUE OR FALSE ?
An epilepsy may drive:
TRUE : being epileptic is not always the ban on driver's license. The seizure shall, however, observe the laws and seek the advice of his neurologist.
A young Women with epilepsy can have children
TRUE: In most cases, epilepsy and its treatment do not prevent a couple's life, neither marriage nor motherhood. Special monitoring will be needed before and during pregnancy. An epileptic
may exercise all jobs
FALSE: the choice of occupation will take into account risk factors, yet the vast majority of epileptics can lead a normal life. An epileptic
can lead a normal life
TRUE : subject to observance of some simple rules (avoid burnout, lack of sleep, alcohol), and strict adherence to treatment, the epileptic, well attended, can lead a normal life.
travel and sports are discouraged to an epileptic
FALSE: in his choice, the seizure will be aware of some basic rules of prudence to be observed:
1. medical advice,
2. presence of a relative or a knowledgeable individual disorders,
3. risk assessment.
child with epilepsy can lead the lives of other children
TRUE: the child whose treatment is well balanced should go to school like other *.
specialized institutions are reserved only for special cases. On medical advice, sport-cons is not indicated. Only children with epilepsy called photosensitive must limit the time to use video games.
* Some improvements in the time of trial examinations (third time) may be granted to students with epilepsy.
links
holiday: for or against? Top 
Bee or punishment for each game will advance or for others, school assignments holidays are becoming more successful. For or against? ... Some answers.
For
Edwin Antier (Pediatrician)
"The opportunity to learn otherwise, to the merriment with family"
"I think we can not do without the homework. In France we have very long school holidays, during which what has been learned is forgotten. It is therefore important to stimulate gains. Summer homework allows parents to transfer their knowledge by sharing time with their children.
must course that the working time is evenly distributed throughout the holiday period. It is useless to impose a rapid pace and the child to work for two months. The result would not be better. Ideally, I think, is a month of complete rest - July, for example - and August during which the child advances at his own pace. An hour a day seems sufficient. Coercion is useless. The review must be done in the right mood, which is the sine qua non of success for the child.
The role of holiday homework is to keep the neurons on. This should not be synonymous with stress. They are not the solution miracle to school failure, but rather an opportunity to learn otherwise, to the merriment with family.
Other income, they allow children anxious to regain their confidence gradually, steadily. Thus, students who experienced some difficulties during the school year will feel better prepared to face the new school year. Finally, summer homework remove the stress that makes them, rather than accentuate, as parents often tend to believe.
must also stress the importance of reading. The summer allows parents to take the time to tell stories to their children so they will naturally want to then go further by reading themselves.
A week before school starts, we must get back into the school rhythm. These long vacation will inevitably lose their bearings children. Non-real time constraints, their work gets a little stranger. The summer homework is also a necessary link between school years. They have two essential virtues: they allow parents to see what their children and they involve in their learning. All this helps to broaden the relationship between them is rather positive. "
Against
Isabelle Dupin-ABLARD
Professor, Permanent Delegate to the Federation of Waldorf Schools
"They reinforce the child's failure, if failure there"
"The Notebooks of holidays are the wrong answer a real question. The time of rest is very important for acquisitions. The holiday deal advice.
Notebooks holiday tend to reinforce the child's failure, if failure there a. A student who fails during the year will accumulate even more stress when experiencing difficulties with his holiday homework, stress will affect early next year.
It is useless to employ children against their will. It shines more against the school and parents. Work during the summer is often experienced as a frustration or punishment. Nobody wins in that game.
It is better to use vacation time for sports, for example. One could also imagine the holidays during which children would be encouraged otherwise to their senses. Must have small periods of active rest, they stay awake, that their life is stimulated.
There are various ways to boost the intellect of the child. Hold a logbook, for example, which would be reflected in the highlights of the holiday. Or read at their own pace, simply. Here it is for parents to look for books that people want their toddlers. One can only regret the loss of interest seen in recent years to the summer camps or camps, where children were precisely the intellectual stimulation.
Physical activity is also very important, as the contact with nature. Contrary to popular belief, we do not, in France, the longest holidays in Europe. In Scandinavian countries, notably Sweden, children benefit three months in summer. And there is no question of homework, but instead of outdoor activities.
Free time is needed to gain back over the past year to mature and achievements. Nothing serves to add more work to children who are often already overworked throughout the year. " Pros and cons
" From first grade to sixth, it is preferable to get back into condition before the start, "said Patricia Lelievre, psychologist speaker of the School for parents and educators Bouches-du-Rhone. "These are indeed crucial years to facilitate the acquisition of basic concepts taught in primary (reading, writing, arithmetic). Certainly, children need a break in learning. Many are tired at the end of the school year, particularly those engaged in more than one activity outside of school. But the "holiday" last two and a half months. It's a very long break and it is desirable, between one month and fifteen days before school to review some elements of the program. " This makes it possible to find automation, learn to fix his attention, re-engage in reflection, reconnect with the academic vocabulary. Remission in the bath is especially important before the entry into the sixth, when the child is adjusting to a new school environment: more classes, more teachers ...
No more than 1 / 2 hour
However, the vacation must be primarily devoted to leisure and a half-hour of daily exercise is sufficient. "Ideally," says Patricia Lelievre, "is still doing homework at the same time. This marker reminds the academic pace. It also does not disturb the child in a game or other activity. " The sessions should not be a real test for everyone. The purpose of holiday homework is to provoke thought, not to accumulate performance. "It should not be forced learning or competition and must avoid putting the child under pressure. For children restive, there are other ways to maintain interest and stimulate thinking: playing, reading, exploring nature. " The games, especially those with many, and allow reflection and socialization. The design improves control of the pencil. To give a taste for reading, nothing like reading stories and if the book belonged to a parent when he was small, the interest is even more sharp. Outings and walks are also conducive to discoveries. You can replace the holiday homework in a notebook where children write their memories, paste pictures, flowers and dry them on which you can add a few observations of the natural sciences or on specific topics pulsed with children in books. Many alternatives, new approaches that can help the child's learning at school and even unlock some blockages.
End
References
http://www.epe13.com/telechargements/
Duties% 20of% 20vacances.pdf
Epilepsy is a neurological disease. It is an expression of abnormal function, acute and transient electrical activity in the brain, resulting in seizures, also called seizures. It is defined by the recurrence of seizures for some time in the life of an individual. The specialist in epilepsy is a neurologist or a neurologist. 
