Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: Treatment Options Beyond Medication
Around 1 in 3 people with epilepsy keep having seizures despite trying multiple medications. Epilepsy is classified as drug-resistant when two appropriate antiseizure medications at the right doses haven’t stopped the seizures, and at that point, surgery,...
Seizure First Aid: What to Do During an Epileptic Episode
During a convulsive seizure, the most important thing is keeping the person safe from injury: move away any hard or sharp objects, cushion their head with something soft, and time how long the seizure lasts. Never try to restrain them or place anything in their mouth...
Epilepsy in Adults: Can You Develop Seizures Later in Life?
Adults can certainly develop epilepsy for the first time in their fifties, sixties, or even seventies. In older adults, new-onset seizures are often triggered by underlying conditions such as stroke, brain tumors, head injuries, or degenerative diseases rather than...
Guillain-Barré Syndrome Recovery Timeline
Guillain-Barré syndrome typically rolls through a three-phase pattern where symptoms get progressively worse over days to four weeks, plateau for several weeks to months with basically nothing changing, then gradually improve over months to years, with most folks...