Roca, Leah Mariz S.

Reaction and Learnings about Seizure Disorder

Epilepsy, which is sometimes called a seizure disorder, is a disorder of the brain. A

person is diagnosed with epilepsy when they have had two or more seizures. A seizure is a
short change in normal brain activity. Usually, a seizure lasts from a few seconds to a few
minutes. It depends on the type of seizure. People with uncontrolled seizures or severe types of
epilepsy face more challenges and may find it harder to work or go to school regularly. It can
affect anyone at any time, so being able to help identify seizures and symptoms can lead to a
speedier diagnosis. I have learned that in order to manage patient in the event of seizure, the
first step that I need to do is to turn the patient onto their side if they are not awake and aware
in order to not the block the airway and place something soft under the head to protect the
patient from banging its head from hard objects, and loosen tight clothes around neck, I will
place a padded tongue depressor into the patients mouth to avoid biting its tongue, I will stay
with the person and start timing the seizure and remain calm, I will keep the patient safe and
move and guide away from harmful objects, I will not restrain the patient, and I will stay with
them until they are awake and alert after the seizure. It is important to take seizure
medications regularly, and as recommended by your doctor. It will give the person the best
chance to achieve the goals of epilepsy therapy: no seizures and no side effects. On the other
side, noncompliance with seizure medicines can have significant and possibly disastrous
consequences. According to this article, a seizure medicine is usually started if a person has had
more than one seizure. Yet, a medicine may also be started if a person has only one seizure but
other tests (such as an MRI or EEG) suggest a risk for more seizures in the future. With this
article, I was able to know and learn about seizure disorder and how would it affect the person
if remain untreated, getting and keeping seizure control is the number one goal for most
people. Keeping track of seizures is the best way to know how many seizures a person has,
what type, and how they affect the patient.