Yu ɔ pɔsin we de nia yu kin gɛt sik we de mek yu sik ɔltɛm? Lɛ wi tɔk bɔt ɛpilepshi!

If wi si wan pan wi pipul dɛn we wi lɛk gɛt sik wantɛm wantɛm, i kɔnvul, i nɔ no natin, ɛn i fɔdɔm na grɔn, wi ɔl go rili fred, nɔto so? Fɔ tru, na tin we de mek pɔsin fred. Bɔt if wi no dis sik fayn fayn wan, wi go rili strɔng fɔ ɛp da pɔsin de ɛn liv wit dis sik. So tide, lɛ wi tɔk bɔt dis sik we dɛn kɔl epilepsy, ɔ as bɔku pipul dɛn no am.

Wetin na ɛpilepshi? Lɛ wi ɔndastand am simpul wan!

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, epilepsy na sik we nɔ de mɛn. I kin kam bikɔs di ilɛktrik signal dɛn we de kɔmɔt na wi bren sɛl dɛn nɔ kin wok fayn, ɛn dis kin mek wi gɛt sik dɛn we wi kin gɛt bɔku tɛm. Tink bɔt am lɛk smɔl smɔl layt bɔl dɛn. Dɛn kɔnɛkt to dɛnsɛf ɛn dɛn de wok insay wan patikyula ilɛktrik patɛn. Bɔt insay pɔsin we gɛt ɛpilepshi in bren, dis ilɛktrik prɔses kin go hayway wantɛm wantɛm, ɛn i kin mek ilɛktrik ɛnaji we dɛn nɔ kin kɔntrol lɛk laytin storm. Na da tɛm de wan sik kin apin. Dis kin mek yu chenj yu kɔnshɛns, yu mɔsul kɔntrol (lɛk fɔ jɔk yu an ɛn yu fut), yu de fil, yu de fil, ɛn yu de biev. Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak sik we dɛn kɔl seizure disorder .

Udat kin gɛt dis mania?

Infakt, ɛnibɔdi, pan ɛni ej, ilɛksɛf na man ɔ uman, ɔ in kɔlɔ, kin gɛt maygren. So i at fɔ tink se, "A nɔ go gɛt dɛn."

Aw dis tin kin apin na di wɔl?

Na Amɛrika nɔmɔ, na lɛk 3.4 milyɔn pipul dɛn gɛt maygren. Dat na lɛk 3 milyɔn big pipul ɛn 470,000 pikin dɛn. Ɔlsay na di wɔl, na lɛk 65 milyɔn pipul dɛn de sɔfa wit dis sik. So i nɔ kɔmɔn so.

Wetin kin rili apin insay di bren we pɔsin kin gɛt sik?

Di sɛl dɛn na wi bren kin sɛn ɛn gɛt mɛsej ɔlsay na di bɔdi. Dɛn mɛsej ya kin travul lɛk ilɛktrik waya, frɔm wan sɛl to ɔda wan we na ilɛktrik impuls. Epilepsy kin kam bikɔs dis ilɛktrik patɛn we de smol ɛn we de mek ritmik nɔ de wok fayn. Bifo dat, ilɛktrik ɛnaji kin kam wantɛm wantɛm bitwin di sɛl dɛn we de na wan ɔ mɔ say dɛn na di bren, lɛk laytin storm we wi nɔ bin de ɛkspɛkt . Dis ilɛktrik distɔblɛshɔn kin mek i nɔ kin no natin, i kin chenj di we aw i de fil, i kin chenj di we aw i de fil, ɛn di mɔsul dɛn kin muv we i nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.

Wetin na di kayn sik wae de kam pan pɔrsin wae gɛt dis sik ɛn de sik wae de kam pan pɔrsin?

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin klas di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik bay di kayn sik we kin apin. Dis klasification de dipכnt pan usai na di bren di sik de stat, aw yu de kכnsεns di tεm we di sik de sik, εn if di mכsul dεm de muv כ nכ de.

Tu men kayn tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin sik:

1. Fɔkal Ɔnset Siiz

dis kayn sik de stat na wan say na di bren, na wan spεsifi k εria כ nεtwכk fכ sεl dεm. Dis dεn bin de kכl dis fכs ``partial onset seizure``. Tu kayn dis de bak:

• Fכkal onset aware seizure:Insay dis, yu kin no ɛn no wetin de apin. Dɛn bin de kɔl dis `simpul patɛl sik`. Di sayn dɛm kin bi:
• Chenj na yu sɛns - chenj na di teist, smɛl, ɛn yɛri.
• Di chenj dɛn we de apin na di we aw pɔsin de fil.
• Di mɔsul dɛn we nɔ de kɔntrol, bɔku tɛm na di an ɔ di leg.
• Fɔ fil lɛk se yu de si layt, fil lɛk yu ed de tɔn, yu de fil lɛk yu nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk.

• Focal onset impaired awareness seizure: Insay dis, yu awareness kin kɔnfyus, ɔ yu kin lɔs kɔnshɛns ɔltogɛda. dis bifo dεn bin de kכl dis `kכmpleks patchכl sεiz`. Di sayn dɛm kin bi:
• Fɔ luk wan ples blank wan.
• Fɔ ripit di sem tin dɛn bak ɛn bak, lɛk fɔ blink yu yay, fɔ purs yu lip, fɔ mek lɛk se yu de it sɔntin, ɔ fɔ rɔb yu an dɛn.

2. Jɛnɛral Ɔnset Siiz

dis kayn sik de afekt wan nεtwכk fכ sεl dεm na di tu say dεm na di bren wan tεm. Siks men kayn dɛn de:

• Absence seizures: Dis na sik wae de kam kwik kwik wan, wae nɔr de fil fayn, dat min se dɛn nɔr kin no natin fɔ sɔm tɛm. Dɛn kin kam wit smɔl smɔl mɔsul dɛn we de muv lɛk fɔ blink, fɔ purs di lip, ɔ fɔ muv smɔl an. Dɛn tin ya kin apin mɔ pan pikin dɛn ɛn dɛn kin las fɔ sɔm sɛkɔn (bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin pas 10 sɛkɔn). Bɔku tɛm, pipul dɛn kin mistek kɔl dɛn de drim. Dɛn bin de kɔl dɛn `petit mal seizures`.

• Atonic seizures: `Atonic` min ``witout tone.`` Dis min se we yu de du dis seizure, yu mכsul kכntrכl de lכs כ wik. Tin dɛn lɛk yu yaylid ɛn yu ed kin drɔp, ɔ yu kin fɔdɔm na grɔn wantɛm wantɛm. Dis na shɔt sik bak (bɔku tɛm i nɔ kin pas 15 sɛkɔn). Dɛn kin kɔl dis bak ``drop seizure`` ɔ ``drop attack.

• Tonic seizures: `Tonic` min ``toning.`` Dis na we yu mכsul dεm de tayt wan wan, lεk se dεn de shek. Yu an, yu fut, yu bak, ɔ yu wan ol bɔdi kin stif, ɛn yu kin fɔdɔm. Insai dis shɔt tɛm wae yu kin gɛt dis sik (bɔku tɛm nɔr kin pas 20 sɛkɔn), yu kin no, ɔr yu kin chenj smɔl na yu maynd.

• Klɔnik sik: Klɔn na we di mɔsul dɛn kin kɔntrakt kwik kwik wan ɛn we kin ripit ("jerking"). Insay dis, di mɔsul kin kɔntinyu fɔ shek shek fɔ sɔm sɛkɔn to wan minit, ɔ di mɔsul kin kɔntrakt ɛn afta dat i kin jɔk fɔ sɔm sɛkɔn to tu minit.

• Tonic-clonic seizures: Dis na di kayn we we bɔku pipul dɛn kin tink bɔt we dɛn yɛri di wɔd "seizure".Dis na wan kɔmbaynshɔn fɔ tonik ɛn klonik mɔsul spam. Dɔktɔ dɛn kin kɔl dis bak `kɔnvulshɔn`, ɛn dɛn bin de kɔl am `grand mal seizure`. Dis kin min se i nɔ kin no natin, i kin fɔdɔm na grɔn, ɛn di mɔsul dɛn kin spam we kin tek wan to fayv minit. Di tɔŋ kin klin, saliva kin drip frɔm di mɔt, ɛn stɔl ɔ urine kin kɔmɔt.

Imajin, yu padi Kamal ala wantɛm wantɛm ɛn fɔdɔm na grɔn. Dɔn in bɔdi kin shek, dɔn in an ɛn fut dɛn kin bigin fɔ shek kwik kwik wan. I de slɔp di mכkus na in mɔt, ɛn sɔntɛm we i gɛt kɔnshɛns bak, i dɔn wet in klos we i nɔ ivin no. Na di kayn we aw dis tonik-klɔnik sik kin tan lɛk.

• Mayoklonik sik dεm: Dis na jεk כ twit we di mכsul dεm de twich we lεk ilektrikal ("myo" min mכsul, "klonכs" min mכsul dεm we de twit). Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin las fɔ sɔm sɛkɔn dɛn.

As yu dכkta de invεstigat yu kכndyushכn mכr, yu kayn sik kin chenj to wan pan tu tכp dεm: `focal` כ `generalized onset seizure`.

Ɛni patikyula tin de we kin mek pɔsin sik (di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik) we kin mek pɔsin sik?

Yɛs, sɔm tin dɛn de we kin apin bifo pɔsin bigin fɔ gɛt sik, ɔ we kin ɛp fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt sik. Wi kin kɔl dɛn tin ya we kin mek pɔsin sik .

Di tin dɛm wae dɛn kin ripɔt bɔt di trig dɛm na:

• Strɛs.
• Prɔblɛm dɛm wae gɛt fɔ du wit slip - lɛk wae yu nɔr de slip fayn, yu nɔr de slip fayn, yu taya pasmak, yu nɔr de slip fayn, ɛn yu nɔr de slip fayn lɛk ``(Sleep apnea)''.
• Fɔ drink rɔm, fɔ lɛf fɔ drink rɔm, fɔ tek drɔgs.
• di chenj dεm na di כmon dεm, spεshal wan dεm we de apin wit di mεnstral saykl na uman dεm.
• Sik, fiva.
• Layt ɔ pɔtn dɛn we de flash.
• Nɔ it fayn ɛn balans it, nɔ fɔ drink bɛtɛ wata; we yu nɔ gɛt vaytamɛn ɛn minral, ɛn we yu nɔ de it.
• Fɔ taya we yu bɔdi taya.
• Sɔm it dɛn (kafin na kɔmɔn tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt sik).
• Di wata we nɔ de na di bɔdi.
• Speshal tɛm dɛn fɔ de ɔ na nɛt.
• Yuz sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn. Di ingridiɛnt ``(Diphenhydramine)`` we dɛn kin si na sɔm kol, alɛji, ɛn slip mɛrɛsin dɛn dɔn ripɔt as trig.
• Skip di tɛm fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek yu sik.

Aw a go no wetin na di tin dɛn we kin mek a gɛt sik?

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin si se dɛn sik kin kam pan wan patikyula tɛm pan di de, ɔr kin kam wit sɔm patikyula tin ɔr ɔda tin. Yu kin kip wan dayari fɔ seizure.Kip am. Rayt di tɛm we di sik bin apin, ɛni spɛshal tin we apin arawnd da tɛm de, ɛn aw yu bin fil. If yu tink se sɔntin na trig, tray fɔ no if na so i bi. Fɔ ɛgzampul, if yu tink se kafinɛ na trig, si if yu kin gɛt sik ɔltɛm we yu de it ɔ drink sɔntin we gɛt kafinɛ, ɔ if yu it "x" kafin, ɔ if yu de drink kafinɛ na wan patikyula tɛm pan di de. I nɔ kin bi trig afta sɔm tɛm.

Wetin na di sayn ɛn sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt kɔnvulsiv sik?

De men sayn wae de sho se yu gɛt epilepsy na wae yu kin gɛt sik wae de kam bak ɔltɛm. Bɔt di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn fɔ di kayn sik wae yu gɛt.

Di sayn ɛn sayn dɛm we kin apin na:

• Yu nɔ go no natin fɔ sɔm tɛm ɔ yu nɔ go no natin fɔ sɔm tɛm.
• di mכsul dεm we dεn nכ de kכntro, di mכsul dεm de twitch, di mכsul dεm we de lכs.
• I tan lɛk se i de luk wan ples blank wan.
• Kɔnfyushɔn fɔ sɔm tɛm, fɔ tink sloslo, i nɔ kin izi fɔ tɔk ɛn ɔndastand.
• Chenj na di sɛns dɛm lɛk fɔ yɛri, fɔ si, fɔ te, fɔ smɛl, fɔ swɛ, ɔ fɔ ting.
• I nɔ izi fɔ tɔk ɔ ɔndastand.
• Bɛlɛ we nɔ fayn, we yu de fil wam ɔ kol, ɔ yu ed de at.
• Muvmɛnt lɛk fɔ purs di lip, fɔ chew sɔntin, fɔ rɔb di an dɛn, fɔ du sɔntin wit di finga dɛn.
• Saikɔlɔjik sayn dɛm lɛk frayd, panik, wɔri, ɔr déjà vu (filin lɛk dis dɔn apin bifo).
• Inkris hat rit ɛn/ɔ brith rit.

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae gɛt epilepsy kin gɛt di sem kayn sik ɔltɛm. So, di sayn dɛm kin fiba wit ɛni sik wae pɔrsin kin gɛt.

Wetin na de tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt epilepsy?

Bɔrku tɛm (lɛk 70% pan di kes dɛm) , dɛn nɔ kin fɛn ɛni kɔz fɔ mek yu gɛt sik. Sɔm pan di tin dɛn we dɛn no se kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na:

• Jɛnɛtiks: Sɔm kayn epilepsy (e.g., juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, childhood absence epilepsy) kin rɔn na famili. Risach pipul dɛn biliv se sɔm jin dɛn de insay di sik, bɔt dɛn jin ya jɔs de mek pɔsin gɛt ɛpilepshi, ɛn ɔda tin dɛn bak kin ɛp am.
• Mesial temporal sclerosis: dis na wan lεsin we de divεlכp na di insay say na di tεmporal lכb na di bren. I kin mek yu gɛt fɔs sik.
• Injury na ed : I kin apin frɔm motoka aksidɛnt, fɔdɔm, ɔ ɛni ɔda blo na di ed.
• di infεkshכn dεm na di bren: εgzampl dεm na `(bren absεs)`, `(mεningayt)`, `(εnεsεfalaytis)` εn `(nyurocysticercosis)`.
• Imyun dizayd: Di tin dɛm we yu imyun sistɛm de atak di bren sɛl dɛm (autoimmune diseases) kin mek yu gɛt maygren.
• Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin de divɛlɔp:Di abnɔmal tin dɛm na di bren we kin apin we dɛn bɔn pikin na di kɔmɔn tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt ɛpilepshi, mɔ pan di wan dɛm we dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn sik wit mɛrɛsin. εgzampl dεm: `(fכkal kכrtikכl displasia)`, `(polymicrogyria)`, `(tuberous sclerosis)`.
• Mεtabolik dizayd: Pipul dεm wae gεt prכblεm wit aw dεn bכdi de gεt εnεji (mεtabolik kכndishכn) kin gεt maygrεn.
• Bren sik ɛn blɔd vesel dɛm wae nɔr de woke fayn: Maygren kin kam wae yu blɔd vesel nɔr de woke fayn lɛk wae yu gɛt bren tumor, strok, dementia, ɛn arteriovenous malformation.

Aw dɛn kin no dis?

Teknikli, if yu dɔn gɛt tu ɔ mɔ sik, ɛn nɔto bikɔs ɔf ɔda tin we dɛn no bɔt (e.g., we yu lɛf fɔ drink rɔm, we yu blɔd shuga nɔ bɔku), dɛn kin tek yu se yu gɛt ɛpilepsi. Bifo yu no if yu gɛt di sik, yu dɔktɔ (ɔ dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan epilepsy) go du yu bɔdi ɛgzam, aks bɔt yu mɛdikal istri, ɛn i kin ɔda fɔ mek dɛn du blɔd tɛst (fɔ no ɔda tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt ɛpilepshi). Dɛn go aks bɔt yu sik dɛn di tɛm we yu gɛt di sik ɛn dɛn kin ɔda ɔda tɛst dɛn bak.

Di dɔktɔ kin aks yu ɔ yu fambul we si yu sik if dɛn tin ya bin apin di tɛm we di sik bin de:

• Yu bin pul yu mɔsul dɛn?
• Yu tink se di mɔsul dɛn bin tayt?
• Yu bin pas stɔl ɔ urine?
• Yu tink se chenj bin de na di we aw pipul dɛn bin de blo?
• Yu skin kɔlɔ bin tɔn pale?
• Yu bin de wet we yu nɔ smayl?
• Yu dɔn lɔs kɔnshɛns?
• Yu tink se i nɔ bin izi fɔ yu fɔ tɔk ɔ ɔndastand wetin dɛn tɔk?

Us tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ no dis sik?

Di men tɛst dɛn na:

• Ilɛktroɛnsɛfalografi (EEG): Dis de mɛzhɔ di ilɛktrik wok we yu bren de du. Sɔm abnɔmal ilɛktrik patɛn kin gɛt fɔ du wit di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt.
• Bren skan: Tεst dεm lεk `(Magnetic Resonance Imaging - MRI)` de chεk fכ tin dεm lεk bren tכmכro, infεkshכn, כ abnכmaliti na bכdi vεsul dεm.

Wetin na di tritmɛnt fɔ maygren?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ kɔntrol maygren na fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt sik, fɔ it spɛshal it (bɔku tɛm dɛn kin it am wit mɛrɛsin), ɛn ɔpreshɔn .

Mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt sik

Dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin kɔntrol di sik we dɛn kin gɛt pan 60% to 70% pan di pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepshi. Di we aw dɛn mɛrɛsin ya kin wok kin difrɛn frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin. Di U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dɔn gri fɔ mek dɛn yuz pas 20 mɛrɛsin dɛn fɔ mɛn sik we dɛn kɔl epilepsy. Yu dɔktɔ kin tray difrɛn mɛrɛsin dɛn te dɛn fɛn di rayt mɛrɛsin, di doz, ɔ di kɔmbayn mɛrɛsin fɔ yu.

We yu de pik mɛrɛsin, tink bɔt dɛn tin ya:

• Di kayn we aw pɔsin kin sik.
• Aw yu bin de ansa to di mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu bin dɔn tek fɔ mek yu sik.
• Ɔda sik dɛn we yu gɛt.
• I pɔsibul fɔ gɛt sayd ɛfɛkt wit ɔda mɛrɛsin dɛn we yu de tek.
• Di sayd ɛfɛkt dɛm fɔ di mɛrɛsin we de mek pɔsin sik (if ɛni wan de).
• yu ej.
• Jɛnɛral wɛlbɔdi stetmɛnt.
• Pe.

Impɔtant: Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek di pikin gɛt bɛlɛ kin ambɔg di pikin we i gɛt bɛlɛ, so mek shɔ se yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ if yu gɛt bɛlɛ ɔ yu plan fɔ gɛt bɛlɛ.

If di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek yu nɔ gɛt sik, yu dɔktɔ go tɔk bɔt ɔda tritmɛnt dɛn, we kin bi spɛshal it, mɛrɛsin, ɔ ɔpreshɔn.

Di it tɛrapi fɔ it

Di ketogenic diet ɛn di modifyed Atkins diet — ɔl tu di it dɛn we gɛt bɔku fat, we gɛt mɔdaret prɔtin, ɛn we nɔ gɛt bɔku kabɔhaydrɛt — na dɛn kin fayn fɔ sɔm pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepshi. Bɔku tɛm dɛn kin advays dɛn fɔ pikin dɛn we nɔ dɔn tek mɛrɛsin ɛn we nɔ fayn fɔ ɔpreshɔn. Di it dɛn we nɔ gɛt bɔku glycemic index kin ɛp bak fɔ ridyus di sik we sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt.

Ɔpreshɔn ɛn divays dɛn

If di mɛrɛsin dɛn nɔ de kɔntrol di we aw yu de fil, ɛn di sik we yu de fil bad bad wan, yu dɔktɔ kin tink bɔt fɔ du ɔpreshɔn. If yu nɔr de kɔntrol yu sik wae de mɛk yu sik wit pas tu kayn mɛrɛsin, ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek yu gɛt ɛpilepshɔn kin bi tritmɛnt we sef ɛn we go wok fayn. If dɛn nɔ de yuz mɛrɛsin fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn we de mek yu sik, i impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn chɛk yu na say usay dɛn de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepsi fɔ si if yu na gud pɔsin fɔ gɛt ɔpreshɔn.

di opshכn dεm fכ כpכshכn inklud כspitul rεsεkshכn fכ di abnכmal tisu, diskכnekt di fayv dεm we kכnekt pat dεm na di bren, stεriכtaktik rεdyכsכjεri (tכgεt dεstrukshכn fכ abnכmal bren tisu), כ fכ implant nyuromodulεshכn divays dεm. Dɛn tin ya kin sɛn ilɛktrik impuls to di bren, ɛn dis kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ sik as tɛm de go.

Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt ɛpilepshi?

Pan ɔl wae bɔrku pan de tin wae kin mek yu gɛt maygren na tin dɛm wae wi nɔr kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol ɔr kin avɔyd, yu kin ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt sɔm pan de sik dɛm wae kin mek yu gɛt maygren:

• Ridyus di risk fɔ gɛt traumatik bren injuri: Ɔltɛm wɛr sit bɛlt we yu de drayv ɛn drayv sef wan; wɛr ɛlmɛt we yu de rayd baysikul; kip tin dɛn ɛn waya dɛn we nɔ nid fɔ kɔmɔt na grɔn na os fɔ mek i nɔ fɔdɔm; nɔ fɔ klaym lada.
• Ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt strok: It fayn it (e.g., di Mɛditarenian it), mek yu gɛt wɛl bɔdi wet, ɛn ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm.
• Gɛt tritmɛnt fɔ sɔbstans abiuz. Rɔk ɛn ɔda drɔgs dɛn we nɔ rayt kin pwɛl yu bren, ɛn dis kin mek yu gɛt dis maynia sik.

Yu tink se wan kɔmplit mɛrɛsin de fɔ mek pɔsin gɛt maygren?

Nɔ, naw, no kɔmplit mɛrɛsin nɔ de fɔ maygren. Bɔt bɔku tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ mɛn maygren.

A go gɛt sik we de mek a sik ɔltɛm?

If yu gɛt di rayt tritmɛnt, lɛk 70% pan pipul dɛn nɔ go gɛt sik insay sɔm ia. Di ɔda 30% gɛt wan sik we dɛn kɔl drɔg-rɛsistant ɛpilepsi. Dɛn pipul ya fɔ go na say usay dɛn de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepsi fɔ si if dɛn na gud kandidet fɔ mek dɛn du ɔpreshɔn pan pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepsi.

Aw lɔŋ a go gɛt fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ mek a sik?

E dipen pan di kayn epilepsy wae yu gɛt ɛn aw yu de ansa to mɛrɛsin. Sɔm pipul dɛm wae dɔn gɛt dis sik fɔ lɔng tɛm kin ebul fɔ stɔp fɔ tek dɛn mɛrɛsin. Na yu dɔktɔ kin disayd fɔ du dis. I go tink bɔt bɔku tin dɛn, lɛk we yu nɔ gɛt bren lɛsin na yu MRI, EEG rɛkɔd, ɛn yu mɛdikal istri. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin nid fɔ tek mɛrɛsin fɔ di res ɔf dɛn layf.

Ustɛm a fɔ go to dɔktɔ? Ustɛm a fɔ go na di imejensi rum?

If yu nɔr ɛva gɛt sik bifo, ɛn yu tink se yu de gɛt wan - ɔr if pipul dɛm wae de arawnd yu se yu "zoned out" ɔr nɔr no natin - go to yu famili dɔktɔ. I kin rifer yu to nyurolɔjis fɔ mek dɛn du ɔda tɛst.

Sɔntin yu nɔ plan! If yu gɛt sik we de mek yu sik we de te pas fayv minit, ɔ if yu gɛt bɔku sik dɛn we de kam insay wan row ɛn yu nɔ ebul fɔ no bak, kɔl 911 wantɛm wantɛm (ɔ tɛl yu padi ɔ pɔsin we de nia yu fɔ kɔl 911). Insay Sri Lanka, kɔl di 1990 Suwaseriya Ambulans Savis.

Aw a go ebul fɔ kɔntrol di sik dɛn we a kin gɛt?

Dɛn tin ya kin ɛp yu fɔ kɔntrol yu sik dɛn we de mek yu sik:

• Tek yu mɛrɛsin jɔs lɛk aw yu dɔktɔ tɛl yu. If yu mis wan doz, kɔl yu dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm.
• Gɛt inof slip (bɔku tɛm bitwin sɛvin ɛn nayn awa insay wan nɛt).
• Manej di strɛs. Stret kin mek sɔm kemikal dɛn kɔmɔt na di say dɛn na di bren we kin mek pɔsin sik mɔ. Tray fɔ du yoga, fɔ tink gud wan, fɔ du ɛksɛsayz fɔ brith dip dip wan, bayɔfidbak, ɔ ɔda we dɛn fɔ rilaks fɔ mek yu nɔ strɛs.
• Ɛksesaiz ɔltɛm (lɛk 30 minit insay di de, fayv dez insay di wik).
• Nɔ drink rɔm pasmak.
• Tɛl ɔl yu dɔktɔ dɛm se yu gɛt ɛpilepsi. If ɔda dɔktɔ gi yu mɛrɛsin fɔ ɔda sik, aks di dɔktɔ we de trit yu epilepsy. Sɔm mɛrɛsin dɛn lɛk mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu fil bad, mɛrɛsin wae de mek yu fil bad, ɛn tin wae de mek yu fil fayn, kin ambɔg yu mɛrɛsin wae yu de tek fɔ mek yu sik ɔr kin mek yu gɛt sayd ɛfɛkt.
• Ɔltɛm tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt ɔltin we yu de tek - ɔva-di-kɔnta mɛrɛsin, vaytamɛn, sɔpɔtmɛnt, ɛn tradishɔnal mɛrɛsin.
• No di tin dɛn we de mek yu sik ɛn avɔyd dɛn.
• It tin dɛn we go mek yu gɛt wɛlbɔdi.

A kin drayv if a gɛt ɛpilepsi?

Insay Sri Lanka, dɛn nid fɔ gɛt mɛdikal ripɔt we dɛn de aplay fɔ ɔ ridyus di laysens fɔ drayv. If yu gɛt wan sik lɛk ɛpilepshi, yu fɔ tɛl yu dɔktɔ. Aks yu dɔktɔ if yu ebul fɔ drayv. Jɛnɛral wan, i nɔ fayn fɔ drayv te dɛn kɔntrol yu sik dɛn fayn fayn wan.

Wetin na di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf pan denja we pɔsin gɛt maygren?

We pɔsin sik kin mek i gɛt siriɔs injury na in bɔdi. Apat frɔm dat, di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin in layf de pan denja we gɛt fɔ du wit di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de sik na di stetɔs ɛpileptik ɛn Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).

Status we gɛt ɛpileptik

Dis na sik wae kin teik lɔng tɛm (5 to 30 minit), ɔr sɔm kayn sik wae kin kam wan afta di ɔda wan, wae nɔr kin gɛt tɛm fɔ wɛl bitwin. Dɛn kin tek dis as mɛdikal imejensi.

Dɛn kin du dɛn tin ya as imejensi tritmɛnt na ɔspitul:

• Fɔ gi mɛrɛsin, ɔksijɛn, ɛn wata tru wan vein.
• Fɔ gi anestetik drɔgs fɔ mek yu kɔma ɛn stɔp fɔ mek yu sik.
• EEG monitarin fɔ si aw yu de ansa to tritmɛnt.
• Test fɔ no wetin mek di sik de kam.

Day Wantɛm we pɔsin nɔ Ɛksplen pan Epilepsy (SUDEP) .

Day wan wan wae yu nɔr bin de ɛkspɛkt bikɔs ɔf epilepsy na wan kayn tin wae nɔr kin apin wae pɔrsin wae gɛt ɔda kayn wɛl bɔdi, yɔŋ ɔr midul ej wae gɛt epilepsy kin day wae nɔr gɛt ɛni rizin. Bɔrku tɛm, dis day kin apin na nɛt ɔr wae pɔrsin de slip, wae pɔrsin nɔr kin notis. Risach pipul dɛn tink se sɔm pan di tin dɛn we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik na:

• Hat nɔ de bit ɔltɛm: We yu gɛt sik we de mek yu at pwɛl, dat kin mek yu gɛt siriɔs prɔblɛm wit yu at ɔ yu at kin stɔp.
• I nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ blo: If yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo (fɔ ɛgzampul, bikɔs yu nɔ ebul fɔ blo fayn), di ɔksijɛn we nɔ de na di at ɛn di bren kin mek yu layf de pan denja. Dɔn bak, sɔm tɛm dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kɔnvulsiv sik, di say we di briz kin blo kin blok, we kin mek i swɛla.
• We yu inhal vɔmit: If yu inhal vɔmit we yu gɛt sik ɔ afta yu dɔn sik, dat kin mek di say we yu de blo nɔ ebul fɔ blo.
• Disrɔpshɔn fɔ di bren wok: We pɔsin sik kin ambɔg di say dɛn na di bren we de kɔntrol di we aw pɔsin de blo ɛn di at bit.

Na lɛk wan pan ɛvri 1,000 pipul dɛm wae gɛt epilepsy kin day ɛvri ia bikɔs ɔf SUDEP. Na di big tin wae kin mek pipul dɛm wae gɛt dis sik wae nɔr kin kɔntrol. Fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt SUDEP, no ɛn avɔyd di tin dɛn we de mek yu sik, tek yu mɛrɛsin dɛn lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ du, ɛn fala di jenɛral wɛlbɔdi abit dɛn (gɛt inof slip, ɛksesaiz, it fayn it, nɔ smok, ɛn nɔ yuz rɔm ɔ drɔgs pasmak).

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin "kɔnvulshɔn", "sɛiz" ɛn "ɛpilepsy"?

• Kɔnvulshɔn: .Dis na wan sik wae de mek yu nɔr de kɔntrol yu mɔsul dɛm twitch ɛn nɔr de no natin. Bɔt bɔku pipul dɛn kin yuz di wɔd dɛn "kɔnvulshɔn" ɛn "sɛiz" fɔ chenj. Dɛn kin yuz di wɔd "kɔnvulshɔn" bak fɔ tɔk bɔt tonik-klɔnik sik.
• Seizure: Dis kin kam bikɔs ɔf abnɔmal ilɛktrik aktiviti frɔm yu bren sɛl dɛm. Yu kin gɛt sik wae de mɛk yu sik ivin if yu nɔr gɛt ɛni sayn. dכkta dεn kכl dis `EEG seizure` (we dεn kin no bay EEG tεst). Bɔrku tɛm, wan sik go kam wit di difrɛn sayn dɛm wae wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt. Sik na sayn wae de sho se yu gɛt epilepsy, bɔt nɔr to ɔl di sik wae de kam wae yu gɛt epilepsy.
• Epilepsy: Dis na sik we de na di nervous system. Dɛn kin difayn am as di sik we de mek pɔsin sik ɔltɛm ɛn we nɔ de chenj. Epilepsy na wan sik we pɔsin kin gɛt fɔ ɔl in layf.

Fɔ dɔn, mɛmba dis !

Epilepsy nɔr kin bɔrku lɛk aw yu kin tink. Bɔku pipul dɛn ɔlsay na di wɔl de liv wit dis sik. Di impɔtant tin na dat, pɔsin kin ebul fɔ kɔntrol am.

Mɛmba se nɔto yu wangren de. If yu gɛt di rayt tritmɛnt, yu chenj yu layf fayn fayn wan, ɛn yu de sɔpɔt yu we yu lɛk, yu go ebul fɔ liv fayn fayn wan wit dis sik.

• If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi gɛt maygren, fala di rayt advays we dɔktɔ gi yu.
• Tek yu mɛrɛsin di rayt tɛm.
• No di tin dɛn we de mek yu sik ɛn avɔyd dɛn.
• Tray fɔ slip fayn, it fayn it, ɛn liv layf we nɔ gɛt bɔku strɛs.
• Nɔ ɛva giv ɔp op. As teknɔlɔji de go bifo, nyu tritmɛnt dɛn de kam.

If yu gɛt ɛni ɔda kwɛstyɔn bɔt dis, nɔ fred fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ. Dɛn rɛdi ɔltɛm fɔ ɛp yu!

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