Epileptic Seizures What to Do ?

Posted on April 30, 2009 @ 6:33 am
by Epilepsy Pro

May draw people because they are afraid that you will not know what to do if a person has a seizure. This is natural. This can be very disturbing to witness convulsive tonic-clonic seizures, and even the nurses do not see every day. However, knowing what to do if the crisis is a great practical way in which the fear of epilepsy can be solved.

Attacks can not be stopped, so do not try to limit a person during an attack, or let other people interfere, crowd round, or try to touch the person.

Convulsive seizures

Place something soft under the head of the person and only if the move is in danger (for example, on the road). Do not put anything into the mouth of people. After the convulsions stopped, roll the person next to him in the recovery position. Clean all similar and whether the person is still breathing hard, make sure that nothing in the mouth as food. Stay with the person how to be calm when he does not feel able to continue with their activities or arrange transportation so you can go home and rest.

No convulsive seizures:

These attacks vary and may need different answers. In prolonged confusion

gently guide the person away from the obvious dangers, such as trade. Talk calmly and gently in the face to help them reorient their own. Stay with the person until he can continue what we are doing. Keep in mind that you may be confused for a while after the attack, and that is why May sound aggressive, it May be best to remain relatively quiet until it is fully able to manage yourself.

Get medical help if:

A seizure lasts more than five minutes and you do not know how long they usually last. The person has trouble breathing after a seizure. The person who has seriously hurt themselves during a seizure.

Finally … customize epilepsy - a constant process

Adjustment to epilepsy May be a developmental process. Many of epilepsy is a dynamic, not static. Only when it has reached agreement with epileptic seizures, which can change its type and intensity, for example, moving from the night going through the whole day. Although the changes, obviously, must be reported to the doctor and treated accordingly, of course, this means that you agree with the ‘property of epilepsy, “more and more again.

By the same token, however, the same process that causes many people find their May. Epilepsy improvement over time, with less intense attacks, worry less, and sometimes completely. Regardless of the nature of your epilepsy, it is worth taking steps to be considered in depth at intervals.

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