Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent, unprovoked seizures. A seizure is a sudden burst of abnormal electrical activity in the brain that can cause a variety of symptoms, ranging from brief lapses of awareness or muscle jerks to prolonged convulsions.
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ICD-10 ChapterVI: Diseases of the Nervous System 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Condition Class First Described Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category)Idiopathic / Multifactorial 3 Connections
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Corpus callosotomy is used for severe, drug-resistant epilepsy.
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Hemispherectomy is used for severe epilepsy confined to one cerebral hemisphere.
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the nervous system
2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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Epilepsy is a group of neurological disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent, unprovoked seizures.
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The world's oldest description of an epileptic seizure comes from a text in Akkadian (a language used in ancient Mesopotamia) and was written around 2000 BC.
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In the process of treating epilepsy, Wilder Penfield produced maps of the location of various functions (motor, sensory, memory, vision) in the brain.
Amygdalohippocampectomy (Wikipedia)
ChEMBL, EMBL-EBI: Ethotoin approved indications (ChEMBL)
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"max_phase_for_ind": "4.0", "mesh_heading": "Epilepsy", "molecule_chembl_id": "CHEMBL1095"
Wikipedia: Trepanning
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The primary theories for the practice of trepanation in ancient times include spiritual purposes and treatment for epilepsy, head wounds, mental disorders, and headaches, although the latter may be just an unfounded myth.
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The primary theories for the practice of trepanation in ancient times include spiritual purposes and treatment for epilepsy, head wounds, mental disorders, and headaches, although the latter may be just an unfounded myth.
View the Source Hagiotherapy (Wikipedia)
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It was used to treat epilepsy during the Middle Ages with Saint Valentine particularly associated with the treatment as an 'epilepsy specialist'.
Epilepsy surgery (Wikipedia)
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Such patients are potential candidates for surgical epilepsy treatment.
Anterior temporal lobectomy (Wikipedia)
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It is a treatment option for temporal lobe epilepsy for those in whom anticonvulsant medications do not control epileptic seizures, and who have frequent seizures, and who additionally qualify based on a WADA test to localize the dominant hemisphere for language module.
Commissurotomy (Wikipedia)
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In neurosurgery, as a treatment for severe epilepsy, the corpus callosum, or the area of the brain that connects the two hemispheres, would be completely bisected.
Transcranial pulsed ultrasound (Wikipedia)
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Scientists continue to test a variety of mammals such as humans, monkeys and mice on positively affecting the treatment of epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, chronic pain, coma, dystonia, psychoses and depression by applying safe, low-intensity, TPU.
Transcranial focused ultrasound (Wikipedia)
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Applications of tFUS neuromodulation in clinical practice may include treatment of essential tremor, treatment-resistant major depressive disorder (MDD), post-stroke chronic pain, epilepsy, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and anxiety.
Medical cannibalism (Wikipedia)
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In the early 19th century, Englishmen still treated epilepsy by mixing skull with molasses.
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