Brief Overview
some long term symptoms someone may experience with epilepsy are (name 2)
What are broken bones, dysphagia, anxiety, depression, aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, hearing loss
The most common areas of the brain for seizures is
Middle portion of temporal lobe and frontal lobe
Name three treatment options for epilepsy
medicine, neuro stimulation, and surgery
How many seizures in what time frame must occur for it to be diagnosed as epilepsy
two more than 24 hours apart
The important structures in the middle portion of the temporal lobe are
hippocampus and amygdala
The specific language/speech difficulties individuals may have with epilepsy that a SLP can help (name 2)
What are language comprehension, word-finding difficulties, poor social communication, slurred and disfluent speech
This seizure starts in one area of the brain, often while person is awake and alert
focal onset seizures
This occurs when there are frequent seizures in the temporal lobe
hippocampal sclerosis
911 should be called at this time (name three)
What is if seizure lasts more than 5 minutes, occurs in water, have a seizure immediately after, difficulty breathing afterwards, or are severely injured during, is pregnant, has diabetes, or never had one before