Yu de gɛt wan strenj sik wantɛm wantɛm? I kin bi wan fokal seizure!

Sɔntɛnde, yu kin fil sɔntin we strenj wantɛm wantɛm? Yu dɔn ɛva fil sɔntin we strenj, lɛk wan pat na yu bɔdi we de shek shek di we aw yu nɔ bin de tink, ɔ yɛri sawnd we nɔbɔdi nɔ de rawnd yu, ɔ yu nɔ no natin fɔ sɔm tɛm? Dɛn tin ya kin bi sayn dɛm fɔ wan sik we dɛn kɔl focal seizure, we kin kam bikɔs ɔf smɔl ilɛktrik chenj na wan pat na yu bren. Nɔ wɔri, wi go tɔk bɔt dis ditayli tide, lɛk se wi de tɔk to wi padi.

Wetin na fokal seizure?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, focal seizure na we ilɛktrik wok we de apin wantɛm wantɛm we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol ɛn we kin apin na wan patikyula pat nɔmɔ na yu bren . Tink bɔt am lɛk smɔl smɔl ilɛktrik signal dɛn we de kɔmɔt na di nyuron dɛn na yu bren. Bikɔs i kin bigin na wan ples na di bren, i kin mek pɔsin gɛt sɔm sayn dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit da eria de. Fɔs, dɛn bin de kɔl dis wan pat pan di sik we dɛn kɔl partial seizure.

Sɔmtɛm, we di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ focal seizure kin apin, yu kin no, we min se yu no wetin de apin. Bɔt if di sik prɛd to ɔda pat dɛn na di bren, yu kin lɔs kɔnshɛns ɛn divɛlɔp to wan stet we yu bɔdi de jɔk ɔltogɛda (tonic-clonic seizures).

Wetin na di difrɛns bitwin Focal Seizures ɛn Generalized Seizures?

Yu no se wi bren gɛt tu men say dɛn, ɔ ɛmisfya? Jɛnɛral seizure na wan kɔndishɔn we de afɛkt ɔl tu di ɛmisfya dɛn na di bren di sem tɛm. Dɔn sɔm sayn dɛn kin apin we kin afɛkt ɔl tu di say dɛn na di bɔdi. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn tin ya kin tranga smɔl.

Bɔt di fɔs sik kin bigin na wan patikyula say na di bren, na wan say na di bren. Bɔt as di sik de go bifo, dis ilɛktrik wok kin kɔmɔt na wan eria to ɔda say, ɛn sɔm tɛm dɛn kin kɔmɔt na wan ɛmisfya na di bren to di ɔda wan. sכmtεm fכkal sik kin go bifo to wan ol bכdi sik we dεn kכl "fokal to baylatarכl tכnik-klonik sik."

Impɔtant: Siz ɛn ɛpilepsi na tu difrɛn tin dɛn. Nɔto ɔl di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik na di sik we dɛn kɔl epilepsy.

Udat dɛn dis kayn tin kin afɛkt mɔ?

Infakt, ɛnibɔdi kin gɛt sik fɔ ɛni rizin. Bɔt if yu gɛt sɔm kayn tin dɛn na yu bren, i go mɔs bi se yu go gɛt fɔs sik. Fɔ ɛgzampul:

• Di wund dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt na in ed
• Sɔm tin dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin bɔn wit in bren
• Febrile seizures we yu smɔl
• Infεkshכn dεm na di bren (e.g. εnεsefalaytis) .
• Strok
• Tumɔs dɛn na di bren

Dis situeshɔn kin apin bikɔs ɔf tin dɛn lɛk:

Aw kɔmɔn tin kin bi fɔ di fɔs sik?

Infakt, fokal seizure na di kayn sik wae kin pasmak . Dɛn kin mek pas af pan ɔl di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik. sכmtεm, fכkal sik dεm, we involv כnli sכm sכmtin we de mek yu nכ de tink, de mek bכt wan tכd pan כl di sik dεm we de sik.

Aw dis sik kin afɛkt mi bɔdi?

di simptom dεm fכ fכkal seizure dipכnt pan us pat pan di bren de afekt . I impɔtant fɔ kɔntrol di fɔs sik we pɔsin kin gɛt. Dis na bikɔs, if dɛn kɔntinyu fɔ de fɔ lɔng tɛm, dɛn kin mek yu mɛmba prɔblɛm, prɔblɛm wit aw yu de tink, ɛn kin mek yu gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu maynd lɛk pwɛl hat ɛn wɔri.

Yu tink se sayn dɛn de we de wɔn yu bifo yu gɛt sik?

Yes, sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt "aura" bifo dɛn gɛt fokal sik. Dis aura kin rili bi di fכs sayn fכ fכkal seizure. Na dis tɛm, yu de kɔnshɛns, we min se yu ɔndastand wetin de apin. Yu kin gɛt difrɛn kayn sayn dɛm wae yu de du dis aura. If di fokal sik nɔ de ɔlsay, dis aura kin bi di wangren sayn fɔ di sik.

Wan aura kin tek bɔku we dɛn:

• Sεns dεm: Strεnj εkspiriεns dεm wae de si, yεri, smεl, tεst, כ tכch.
• Di chenj we yu de fil: I kin fil lɛk se yu de fred, wɔri, ɔ vɛks wantɛm wantɛm.
• Awtonɔmik simptom dɛm: Di chenj na di bɔdi in natura l wok dɛm, lɛk fɔ swet ɛn fɔ saliva.

Pipul wae gɛt generalized epilepsy nɔr kin gɛt auras. di prεsεns fכ aura na sayn fכ se fכkal εpilepshכn kin de. Sɔmtɛm, dis aura kin bi wɔnin sayn bifo yu gɛt sik, we kin mek yu nɔr no natin.

Wetin na ɔda sayn dɛm fɔ focal seizure?

As wi bin dɔn tɔk, di sayn dɛm kin difrɛn difrɛn wan bay di kayn sik wae de kam ɛn di say na di bren wae di sik afɛkt. Tri men kayn fכkal sik de:

1. Fכkal aware seizures: Fכs dεn bin de kכl dis simpul fכkal seizures כ simpul patchכl seizures. Di men tin bɔt dis na dat yu kin no we di sik kin kam . Wetin kin kam as aura na di rili di seizure.

2. Fכkal impεryεd awareness seizures: Fכs dεn bin de kכl dεn tin ya komplex partial seizures כ komplεks fכkal seizures. Insay dɛn tin ya , yu awareness de disrupted . If aura apin, i kin kam bifo di lɔs fɔ di awareness. Bɔku tɛm, dɛn tin ya nɔ kin tek pas tri minit. Dis kayn sik kin mek lɛk 36% pan ɔl di sik dɛn we kin mek pɔsin sik, we kin mek i bi di kayn sik we kin apin pas ɔl .

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Dɛn kin sheb di simptom dɛm fɔ di fokal sizhɔ to 4 men kategori dɛm. Mɔ pas wan pan dɛn kategori ya kin de insay wan sik we pɔsin kin gɛt:

• Moto
• Sɛns we pɔsin kin gɛt
• Ɔtonomik wan
• Tink

Di kwaliti dɛn we di motoka gɛt

Seizure wit mכtal ifekt na we yu nכ want כ we yu nכ de kכntro di pat dεm na di bכdi . Bɔku tɛm, dɛn kin afɛkt sɔm pat dɛn na di fes, an, ɛn fut na wan say. Dɛn kin bi we yu de shek, we yu de jɔk, we yu mɔsul dɛn tayt, ɔ we yu de muv ɔltɛm ɔ we yu de muv ɔtomɛtik lɛk fɔ purs yu lip, fɔ blink yu yay, ɔ fɔ tap wit yu an ɔ finga.

Sɔmtɛm dɛn motoka simptom ya kin pas ɔlsay na di bɔdi pat we di sik afɛkt ɛn to ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi. Dɛn kɔl dis "Jacksonian mach." Dɛn sik ya kin bigin na smɔl eria ɛn "mach" akɔdin to di wan ol bɔdi pat, sɔm tɛm dɛn kin go na ɔda pat dɛn na di bɔdi na di sem say ɔ to di fes.

Afta di fokal mכtal simptom dεm de divεlכp, bכku pipul dεm kin gεt paralayz fכ sכm tεm na di bכdi pat dεm we dεn afekt. Dɛn kɔl dis "Todd paralysis." Dis na fɔ shɔt tɛm nɔmɔ, bɔt i kin las fɔ sɔm awa. If yu tɛl yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis, dat kin ɛp fɔ no di sik ɛn fɔ trit am.

Di kwaliti dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de fil

We aura apin, if di nerve cells na yu bren we gɛt kɔnekshɔn to yu sɛns dɛn afɛkt, dɛn sɛl dɛn de kin mistek mek lɛk se dɛn rili de fil. Yu kin fil lɛk se sɔntin de apin we nɔ rili de apin. Dɛn sayn ya wae dɛn kɔl hallucinations , kin afɛkt ɔl yu fayv sɛns dɛm. Ɛgzampul dɛn:

• Visual: Brayt layt, layt de si. Di we aw tin dɛn kin apia kin chenj (dɛn kin apia big ɔ smɔl).
• Fɔ yɛri: Wantɛm wantɛm yu de yɛri strenj sawnd, nɔys. Imajin we yu wan de ɛn yu yɛri pɔsin de tɔk, bɔt we yu luk, nɔbɔdi nɔ de de. Somtin laik dat.
• Odor: Na smel we nɔ de kɔmɔt; bɔku tɛm na wantɛm wantɛm, we yu nɔ go ebul fɔ no wetin go apin.
• Test: Wantɛm wantɛm yu kin fil wan strenj teist; lɛk wan mɛtal, sɔl, ɔ bita teys.
• Tɔch: Na wan strenj tin we pɔsin kin fil na di skin sɔmsay; lɛk pin ɛn nidul, tingling, sɔntin we de muv, ɔ wam ɔ pen.

Tɛl yu dɔktɔ klia wan bɔt ɛni sɛns ɔr hallucinations wae yu gɛt, bikɔs if yu no us sɛns de afɛkt, dat go ɛp dɔktɔ dɛn fɔ no usay na yu bren di sik de apin.

Di kwaliti dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt fɔ insɛf

We aura apin, i kin afɛkt bak di bɔdi sistɛm dɛn we yu bren de kɔntrol. Na sɔm ɛgzampul dɛn ya:

• We pɔsin de swet.
• Saliva we pasmak ɔ we de drɔl.
• di skin in kכla de chenj (dεn de bכn כ rεd).
• wan strenj filin fכ rayz frכm di bεlε ("gastric uprising").

Di kwaliti dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de ɔndastand

Yu aura kin mek yu fil chenj. Ɛgzampul dɛn:

• Negatif filin: frayd, wɔri, frayd, ɔr vɛks.
• Pozitiv filin: gladi, gladi, ɔ laf we yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol.
• Prɔblɛm dɛn wit rial tin:Fɔ fil lɛk se yu de na drim ɔ mɛmba tin dɛn we bin dɔn apin trade (flashbacks). Sɔm pipul dɛn kin tɔk bak se dɛn kin fil lɛk se dɛn gɛt spɛshal pawa ɔ dɛn de tɔk to gɔd.
• Déjá vu: Na Frɛnch wɔd. Di filin fɔ famili we kin kam wit nyu ɛkspiriɛns, lɛk se i dɔn apin bifo.
• Jamais vu: Dis na Frɛnch wɔd bak. I de tɔk bɔt ɛkspiriɛns we wi sabi, bɔt stil i kin tan lɛk se na nyu tin.

כda chenj dεm we de apin na di kכgnitiv we de apin na di fכs sik dεm na di chenj dεm na di lεvεl fכ di kכnsεns, di chenj dεm na di mεmכri, di chenj dεm na di langwej כ di kכmyunikeshn skil dεm, εn di dכn pan di abiliti fכ intarakt wit di envayroment.

Wetin kin mek yu gɛt fɔs sik?

Bɔku difrɛn tin dɛn de we kin mek pɔsin gɛt fɔs sik. Sɔm pan dɛn na:

• di prכblεm dεm wit di bכdi vεsul dεm na di bren (e.g. aneurism).
• At ritm irɛgyulariti (ari ritmia).
• Bren tumor (inklud kansa).
• כksijεn we nכ de na di bren (Sεribral haypoksia).
• Kɔnkyushɔn ɛn traumatik bren injuri.
• Sik dɛm wae kin pwɛl di bren smɔl smɔl (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia).
• Fɔ lɛf fɔ yuz drɔgs ɔ fɔ drink rɔm.
• di ay blɔd prɛshɔn we uman gɛt bɛlɛ (Eclampsia).
• di imbalans na di amoun fכ di sכlt dεm na di bכdi (especially low sodium - hyponatremia, low calcium כ magnesium).
• Fiva, mɔ di ay fiva (febrile seizures).
• Jɛnɛtik sik dɛm (sik dɛm we dɛn kin gɛt frɔm mama ɛn papa).
• כmon chenj dεm (sכm uman dεm kin gεt sik dεm pan sכm de dεm na di mεnstral saykl - katamenial εpilepsy).
• Infεkshכn (especially bren infεkshכn lεk εnεfalaytis כ mεningaytis; dis kin kכz bay vayrus, baktri, כ parasayt).
• Inflameshɔn we kin kam bikɔs ɔf prɔblɛm wit di imyun sistɛm.
• Nɔ slip ɛn ɔda prɔblɛm dɛn we kin apin we pɔsin de slip.
• di mεtabolik prכblεm dεm (especially hכy bכdi shuga - haypa glycemia כ lכw bכdi shuga - haypoglycemia).
• di prכblεm dεm wit di bren strכkchכ (sεf di wan dεm we de de we dεn bכn am).
• Sivεr imyun sistεm rεspכns to wan infεkshכn we de spre כlsay na di bכdi (Sepsis).
• Strɔk ɔ transiɛnt ischemic atak (TIAs).
• Fɔ yuz drɔgs ɛn rɔm (inklud di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi pɔsin, drɔgs we nɔ rayt, ɛn kɔfi).

Yu tink se di fɔs sik dɛn we pɔsin kin gɛt kin pas?

Nɔ, di fɔs sik we pɔsin kin gɛt nɔ kin pas. Bɔt sɔm tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt fɔs sik kin bi jɛnɛtik (we min se yu kin gɛt am frɔm yu mama ɛn papa, ɛn yu kin pas am to yu pikin dɛn).

Aw fɔ no di fɔs sik dɛn we de mek pɔsin sik?

Nyurolɔjis go ɔltɛm no bɔt di fɔs sik bay we yu de si yu sik (ɔ wetin ɔda pipul dɛn dɔn tɔk bɔt) ɛn di tɛst rizɔlt. Dɛn tɛst ya kin ɛp fɔ no if yu dɔn gɛt sik ɛn if na in mek yu vɛks ɔ nɔ mek yu fil bad. We yu tɛst di jɛnɛtiks, yu kin si bak di tin dɛn we yu kin gɛt frɔm yu mama ɛn papa we kin mek yu gɛt sik.

di mכst imכtant tin fכ no di fכs sik na fכ fכn di εksakכt ples (fokal pכynt) usay di sik bigin . Fɔ fɛn dis ples kin ɛp yu fɔ gɛt tritmɛnt.

Us tɛst dɛn kin du fɔ no dis sik?

Bɔku tɛst dɛn de we dɛn kin du we pɔsin gɛt sik:

• Blɔd tɛst: Dɛn tin ya kin chɛk fɔ si if di mɛtabolik ɛn blɔd kemistri nɔ balans, if i gɛt prɔblɛm wit di imyun sistɛm, di pɔyzin, ɛn di lɛvɛl we di mɛrɛsin dɛn we dɛn kin gi fɔ mek pɔsin sik.
• Electroencephalogram (EEG): Na tɛst we de sho aw di ilɛktrik wok na di bren.
• Vidio-EEG monitarin.
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): I de tek ditayli pikchɔ dɛn bɔt di bren.
• Positron Emission Tomografi (PET) skan we dɛn kin skan.
• Ictal Singl-Fɔtɔn Ɛmishin Kɔmpyuta Tomografi (SPECT).
• Magnɛtoɛnsɛfalografi (MEG).
• Intracranial EEG monitoring: na tεst we de involv fכ put εlektrod dεm na di bren, sכmtεm afta dεn כpεrayshכn.
• Lumbar pancture: Dɛn kin du dis if di dɔktɔ tink se na infɛkshɔn ɔ sik we de ambɔg di imyun sistɛm.

Dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɛl yu bak fɔ du ɔda tɛst fɔ chɛk fɔ ɛni injuri, sayd ɛfɛkt, ɔ kɔmplikeshɔn we pɔsin gɛt we i gɛt sik. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ tɛl yu us tɛst dɛn we bɛtɛ fɔ yu ɛn wetin mek dɛn de du am.

Aw dɛn kin trit di fɔs sik we de mek pɔsin sik? Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ mɛn dɛn?

di diagnosis εn tritmεnt fכ fכkal seizures de bigin wit fכ no if dεn provok כ nכ provok. If i pɔsibul, fɔ trit di ɔndalayn kɔz fɔ provoked seizure kin ɛp fɔ stɔp di seizures . If dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ trit di men tin we kin mek i sik, dɔktɔ dɛn kin trit di sik dɛn we kin mek i sik fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk ɔ fɔ mek i nɔ gɛt bɛtɛ trɛnk.

If yu gɛt di fɔs sik we yu nɔ ebul fɔ ɛksplen , ɛn yu nɔ de pan big risk fɔ gɛt ɔda wan, bɔku tɛm dɔktɔ dɛn nɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ gi yu tritmɛnt. Bɔt if yu de pan big risk, ɔr yu bin dɔn gɛt wan sik we yu nɔ bin ɛksplen bifo tɛm, dɔktɔ dɛn kin tɛl yu se yu gɛt ɛpilepshi ɛn tɛl yu fɔ bigin tritmɛnt.

Us kayn mɛrɛsin ɔ tritmɛnt dɛn kin yuz?

Di tritmɛnt fɔ fokal sik kin difrɛn bad bad wan. Fɔ sik wae gɛt kɔz, di tritmɛnt kin dipen pan de kɔz ɔltɛm. Di tritmɛnt fɔ di sik we nɔ gɛt ɛnitin fɔ du wit di sik ɛn we gɛt ɛpilepshɔn kin dipen pan di kayn sik we pɔsin kin gɛt, wetin mek i sik, ɛn us tritmɛnt dɛn kin wok fayn.

Bɔku tritmɛnt dɛn de fɔ di sik we dɛn kɔl epilepsy:

• Mɛrɛsin: Apat frɔm di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de stɔp di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt we i kam, mɛrɛsin dɛn de bak we kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt sik ɔ i kin mek i nɔ gɛt bɔku sik. Dɛn kin gi sɔm insay di bɛlɛ (IV) we pɔsin gɛt sik we de mek pɔsin sik. Dɛn kin tek ɔda wan dɛn as pils ɛvride.
• di chenj dεm we yu de it: di it dεm we nכ gεt bכku כ we nכ gεt kabohaydret (e.g., ketogenic) kin stכp di epileptic seizure kכmplit כ ridyus di fכs fכs.
• Epilepsy ɔpreshɔn: Sɔntɛnde, ɔpreshɔn kin stɔp di sik bay we dɛn pul di pat pan di bren we gɛt di sik ɔ i kin ayd am frɔm ɔda pat dɛn na di bren.
• Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS): If yu yuz ilɛktrik stimulashɔn fɔ di vagus nerve we de na di lɛft say na di bren, we gɛt kɔnekshɔn dairekt to di bren, i kin mek yu nɔ gɛt bɔku sik.
• Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS): Dis involv wan divays we de no di epileptic aktiviti na yu bren ɛn de gi ilɛktrik stimulashɔn dairekt to di pat na yu bren we de mek di aktiviti. Dis RNS divays kin ridyus yu seizure as tɛm de go.
• Dip Bren Stimulation (DBS): Dis tritmɛnt na fɔ tay wan divays to wan patikyula pat na di bren tru waya. Di divays de gi wan smɔl ilɛktrik kɔrɛnt we de ambɔg di ilɛktrik impuls dɛn we de apin we pɔsin de sik.

Wetin na di kɔmplikeshɔn/sayd ifɛkt dɛm wae de kam wit tritmɛnt?

Di prɔblɛm dɛn we kin kam wit di tritmɛnt we pɔsin kin gɛt we i de sik kin dipen pan di tin we kin mek i sik, di kayn we aw i kin sik, ɛn bɔku ɔda tin dɛn. Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔsin fɔ tɛl yu wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt, ɔ wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt, bikɔs i kin gi yu infɔmeshɔn we spɛshal to yu patikyula sityueshɔn.

Aw a kin tek kia ɔf misɛf/manage de symptoms?

Yu nɔ fɔ tray fɔ no ɔ trit wan fokal sik fɔ yusɛf . Bɔrku tɛm, wae pɔrsin kin gɛt sik kin bi sayn wae de sho se pɔrsin gɛt siriɔs sik na in bren. If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk gɛt sik fɔ di fɔs tɛm, go to dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu us sayn ɔr ifɛkt yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ if yu gɛt ɛpilepshi.

Aw kwik a go fil fayn afta dɛn dɔn trit mi?

Di tɛm fɔ wɛl kin dipen pan di kayn sik we yu gɛt ɛn di tritmɛnt we yu de gɛt. Yu dɔktɔ go tɛl yu wetin fɔ ɛkspɛkt, aw lɔng i go tek fɔ mek yu wɛl, ɛn ustɛm yu go bigin fɔ fil fayn.

Aw a go ridyus di prɔblɛm we a gɛt? Yu tink se dɛn kin mek pɔsin nɔ gɛt di sik we dɛn kɔl focal seizures?

Ɔlman de pan denja fɔ gɛt sik, ɛn i nɔr pɔsibul fɔ no ustɛm dɛn go apin. So i nɔ pɔsibul fɔ mek dɛn nɔ gɛt dɛn kpatakpata. Di bɛst tin we yu kin du na fɔ ridyus di chans fɔ gɛt sik bay we yu avɔyd di tin dɛn we kin mek yu gɛt sik.

Sɔm impɔtant tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ridyus yu risk fɔ gɛt sik:

• It fayn it ɛn kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt wɛlbɔdi wet. Bɔku tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit yu blɔd ɛn yu at kin pwɛl sɔm pat dɛn na yu bren. Strɔk ɛn ɔda tin dɛn we gɛt fɔ du wit am gɛt strɔng fɔ du wit di fɔs sik we de mek pɔsin sik.
• Nɔ ignore infɛkshɔn. Dɛn fɔ trit di ay ɛn yes infɛkshɔn kwik kwik wan. If dɛn infɛkshɔn ya skata to di bren, dɛn kin mek yu gɛt sik. Infɛkshɔn kin mek bak yu gɛt ay fiva, we kin mek yu gɛt sik bak.
• Wear sefty gia. Di injuri na di ed na di men tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt fɔs sik. We yu wɛr sefty gia ɛnitɛm we nid de, dat kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu bren we kin mek yu gɛt fɔs sik ɔ mek yu gɛt mɔ chans fɔ apin tumara bambay. Ɛgzampul dɛn: ɛlmɛt, sit bɛlt.
• Manej yu wɛlbɔdi kɔndishɔn. We yu de manej di sik dɛm we nɔ de mɛn kin ɛp fɔ mek yu nɔ gɛt sik, mɔ di sik we gɛt fɔ du wit di blɔd shuga lɛvɛl bikɔs ɔf dayabitis (Tayp 1 dayabitis ɔ Tayp 2 dayabitis).

Wetin a fɔ ɛkspɛkt if a gɛt wan ɔ mɔ fokal sik?

Bɔrku pipul dɛm wae dɔn gɛt dɛn fɔs fɔs fɔs sik kin gɛt ɔda fokal sik wae nɔr gɛt ɛni kɔz. So, i impɔtant fɔ tɔk to dɔktɔ fɔ mek yu no if yu gɛt di sik ɛn fɔ mek yu gɛt tritmɛnt. Sɔm pipul dɛm wae gɛt fokal ɛpilepsi kin gɛt wan sik wae dɛn kɔl "drug-resistant or medically refractory epilepsy." Dis min se dɛn epilepsy nɔ de gɛt inof ɛp frɔm mɛrɛsin. Bɔrku tɛm, dɛn kin mɛn ɛpilepsi wae nɔr kin ebul fɔ tek mɛrɛsin. I impɔtant fɔ mek yu aks dɔktɔ we spɛshal pan ɔpreshɔn fɔ mek yu gɛt ɛpilepshɔn, gayd yu.

Aw lɔng a go gɛt dis sik?

Insay provoked seizures, yu risk fɔ gɛt ɔda wan de dipen pan wetin mek di fɔs wan. If di kɔz kin trit, i nɔ go izi fɔ mek yu gɛt ɔda wan (lɛs di kɔz kam bak).

If pɔsin gɛt sik we nɔ mek i sik, dɛn kin kɔntrol bɔku pan dɛn wit di rayt mɛrɛsin fɔ mek pɔsin sik . Bɔt if di fɔs sik dɛn we de mek pɔsin sik nɔ de igen, i impɔtant fɔ go to tritmɛnt na say usay dɛn de mɛn pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepshi. Wae de epilepsy dɔn dɔn, yu nɔr go gɛt seizure fɔ di res ɔf yu layf.

Wetin na di lukin-grɔn fɔ dis sityueshɔn?

De luk fɔ fokal sik ɛn epilepsy de dipen pan di kɔz, aw i siriɔs, ɛn if di mɛrɛsin dɛn we de mek pɔsin sik kin ɛp. Ɔl togɛda, di fɔs sik nɔr denja, bɔt i kin mek yu layf de pan denja, lɛk tonik-klɔnik sik.Dɛn kin denja if dɛn de fɔ lɔng tɛm ɔr kin kam ɔltɛm.

Fɔ di bɔrku pat, di fokal sik kin gɛt fayn tin fɔ si wit mɛrɛsin ɔr ɔpreshɔn.

Yu dɔktɔ na di bɛst pɔrsin fɔ tɔk to bɔt de luk fɔ sik ɛn ɛpilepshi ɛn wetin yu kin ɛkspɛkt. I kin gi yu infɔmeshɔn wae gɛt fɔ du wit yu kɔndishɔn ɛn sityueshɔn, ɛn gayd yu bɔt wetin kin ɛp yu wit dɛn sik ya.

Day we pɔsin kin day wantɛm wantɛm we i gɛt ɛpilepshi (SUDEP) .

Pipul wae gɛt epilepsy kin gɛt smɔl risk fɔ gɛt wan sik wae dɛn kɔl "Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy" (SUDEP) . Masta sabi bukman dɛn biliv se SUDEP na bikɔs ɔf at ritm prɔblɛm ɔr prɔblɛm wit brith, bɔt dɛn nɔ no yet di rayt kɔz.

Pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt epilepsy wae dɛn kin mɛn fayn fayn wan, di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛm wae kin day ɛvri ia na lɛk wan pan ɛvri 1,000 pipul dɛm. Pan pipul dɛm wae gɛt epilepsy wae dɛn nɔr kin kɔntrol, di nɔmba fɔ pipul dɛm wae kin day ɛvri ia na lɛk tu pan ɛvri 1,000 pipul dɛm. Pan ɔl we dis na smɔl prɔblɛm, i impɔtant fɔ no bɔt am.

Aw a kin kia fɔ misɛf? (If dɛn no se yu gɛt ɛpilepshi)

If yu dɔn gɛt wan fɔs fɔs sik trade, i impɔtant fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ mek dɛn du di rayt tɛst. If yu kɔntinyu fɔ gɛt sik we dɛn kɔl epilepsy, i rili impɔtant fɔ go to tritmɛnt na wan ɛpilepsi sɛnta we spɛshal fɔ du advans tɛst fɔ pipul dɛn we gɛt ɛpilepsi we dɛn nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol. Dis na bikɔs, we yu gɛt sik fɔ lɔng tɛm, yu bren kin chenj, we kin mek yu gɛt mɔ sik ɛn afɛkt di we aw yu de tink ɛn mɛmba. Apat frɔm dat, we pɔsin nɔ ebul fɔ kɔntrol insɛf, dat kin mek i gɛt ɔda tin dɛn we kin apin na in bren, lɛk pwɛl hat ɛn wɔri. If yu no di sik kwik kwik wan ɛn trit am, dat kin ɛp fɔ du dis.

If dɔktɔ tɛl yu se yu gɛt ɛpilepshi, yu kin du dɛn tin ya fɔ ɛp yusɛf:

• Tek yu mɛrɛsin lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ tek am. Antiepileptic drugs kin ridyus di frɛkuɛns ɛn di kayn we aw yu kin gɛt sik. So, i impɔtant fɔ tek yu mɛrɛsin lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ tek am. Yu nɔ fɔ ɛva stɔp fɔ tek yu mɛrɛsin if yu dɔktɔ nɔ de gayd yu ɛn nɔ de kia fɔ yu.
• Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt di tin dɛn we yu go ebul fɔ du. If yu nid fɔ ridyus ɔ chenj di mɛrɛsin, yu dɔktɔ kin gayd yu if da prɔses de go fayn ɛn aw fɔ du am sef wan.
• Si yu dɔktɔ ɔltɛm. Yu dɔktɔ go sɛtul fɔ mek dɛn go fɛn yu fɔ fala yu. Dɛn apɔntin ya impɔtant bikɔs dɛn kin alaw yu dɔktɔ fɔ wach yu kɔndishɔn ɛn ajɔst yu mɛrɛsin dɛn.
• Nɔ ignore ɔ ignore di sayn dɛm. De luk fɔ sik ɛn ɛpilepsi kin bɛtɛ if dɛn no di sik ɛn trit am kwik kwik wan.

Ustɛm a fɔ go na di Imejɛnsi Dipatmɛnt (ETU) ?

If yu nɔ ɛva gɛt sik we de mek yu sik bifoIf yu nɔ no natin wantɛm wantɛm ɔ yu nɔ no natin fɔ natin, yu fɔ go na ɔspitul. If yu tink se yu de gɛt sik we yu de fil we yu de yu wan, kɔl yu dɔktɔ kwik kwik wan.

Bɔrku tɛm, pipul dɛm wae gɛt epilepsy nɔr nid fɔ kɔl ambulans ɔr go na ɔspitul afta dɛn dɔn gɛt sik. Bɔt if di sik de mek pɔsin wund ɔ if di sik de te (mɔ pas tu minit) , dɛn kin nid fɔ go to dɔktɔ.

Fokal seizure kin mek yu gɛt difrɛn kayn sayn dɛm. Bɔrku pan dɛm, if yu nɔr ɛva ɛkspiriɛns dɛm bifo, kin mek yu kɔnfyus ɔr frayd. Dɛn sik ya kin kam pan pikin dɛn, ɛn dɛn kin mek pikin ɛn mama ɛn papa fred. Bɔt bɔku tɛm, di fɔs sik ɛn ɛpilepsi na tin dɛn we pɔsin kin trit. Bɔrku tɛm, pikin dɛm wae gɛt fokal ɛpilepsi kin gro pas di sik as dɛn de ol ɛn nɔr kin gɛt sik fɔ di res ɔf dɛn layf. Big pipul kin liv bak wit focal seizures ɛn epilepsy, ɛn wit tritmɛnt ɛn kia, bɔrku pipul kin liv wit smɔl impak frɔm dɛn kɔndishɔn.

Di tin dɛn we impɔtant pas ɔl fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

• fכkal seizure na we ilektrikal aktiviti de inkrεs wan wan we de bigin na wan spεsifi k εria na di bren.
• di simptom dεm kin difrεn bכku dipכnt pan usay di bren de afekt (lεk tingling, strenj smεl/saund, chenj in mכd, lכs kכnsεns).
• Aura kin bi wɔnin sayn wae yu kin fil bifo yu gɛt sik.
• If yu ɔ yu pikin gɛt sik fɔ di fɔs tɛm, mek shɔ se yu go to dɔktɔ .
• Bɔrku tɛm dɛn kin kɔntrol di fɔs sik ɛn ɛpilepsi wit mɛrɛsin ɛn sɔmtɛm dɛn kin du ɔpreshɔn.
• I rili impɔtant fɔ fala di dɔktɔ in instrɔkshɔn dɛn fayn fayn wan ɛn tek yu mɛrɛsin lɛk aw dɛn tɛl yu fɔ tek.
• Nɔr wɔri, yu kin liv wit dɛn kɔndishɔn ya fayn fayn wan. Yu nɔ de yu wan, gɛt ɛp.