November is Epilepsy Awareness Month and the National Epilepsy Foundation is very close to my heart as my sister suffers from the disease.
This November, for National Epilepsy Awareness Month (NEAM), the Epilepsy Foundation is asking you to Talk About It! Epilepsy affects people of all ages and races, and represents one percent of the population in this country—almost 3 million people. And although 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, we are still reluctant to Talk About It! NEAM will focus on the power of personal stories and encourage communities of all sizes to talk about epilepsy together...
The Epilepsy Foundation of America® is the national voluntary agency solely dedicated to the welfare of the more than 3 million people with epilepsy in the U.S. and their families. The organization works to ensure that people with seizures are able to participate in all life experiences; to improve how people with epilepsy are perceived, accepted and valued in society; and to promote research for a cure. In addition to programs conducted at the national level, epilepsy clients throughout the United States are served by more than 50 Epilepsy Foundation affiliates around the country.
Epilepsy is a medical condition that produces seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions. It’s also called a seizure disorder. When a person has two or more seizures, they are considered to have epilepsy.A seizure happens when a brief, strong surge of electrical activity affects part or all of the brain. One in 10 adults will have a seizure sometime during their life.
Seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes. They can have many symptoms, from convulsions and loss of consciousness to some that are not always recognized as seizures by the person experiencing them or by health care professionals: blank staring, lip smacking, or jerking movements of arms and legs.
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