Small Town Times
EPILEPSY AWARENESS
By: Amanda McClain
November 2016
Issue 2-4 The “Thanksgiving” Issue
Litchfield Public Schools
PO Box 167
Litchfield, NE 68852-0167
Phone: 308-446-2244
Student Editors: Lori Bay, Rachel Linden,
Amanda McClain, Tyren Howard, Joseph Ptacnik,
RaNay Casper (not pictured), Tyla Runyan (not pictured)
Newsletter Advisor:
Mrs. Nikia Hunt
[email protected]
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Epilepsy Awareness
Senior Spotlight
New Teacher News
Homecoming Royalty
King Tut Day
Farm to School Update
Pumpkin Patch
Thanksgiving Recipes
100 Year Celebration
Mickey Mouse’s Birthday
FFA News/Updates
Sports Highlights
October School Board Minutes
General Fund
Principal’s Report
Superintendent’s Report
Counselor’s Corner
November Lunch Menu
FBLA News/Updates
November Events/Activities Calendar
Early Years Preschool Newsletter
Music Dept. News/Updates
Epilepsy is a brain disorder that cause people to have recurring
seizures. This is the fourth most common neurological disorder that
affects people of all ages. Seizures occur is because clusters of nerve
cells in the brain send the wrong signals. With the location, how much
of the brain is affected, how much it spreads are factors that
determine or classify the type of seizure and the impact it has on a
person. With having a seizure it can affect almost everything they do
or have. The seizure can affect their safety, work, and biggest of all is
how they are viewed in public. This can also affect how a person
thinks or how they behave in certain situations.
A person is only diagnosed with disorder if they have had one or
more seizures that were not caused by some known and reversible
medical condition like alcohol withdrawal or extremely low blood
sugar according to epilepsy .com. The seizures in epilepsy can be
related to a brain injury or any family tendency, but usually doctors
are completely unknown. Also stated by epilepsy.com, one-third of
people with epilepsy who live with uncontrollable seizures because
no available treatment works for them. This being said if you are
diagnosed at a young age you may have a good chance of outgrowing
the seizures but have a high risk of them recurring when you get
older. If a person already has a mental illness they have a greater risk
of getting epilepsy in the future. The National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and stroke stated that about 70 percent of
those diagnosed with epilepsy, seizures can be controlled with
modern medicines or surgical techniques. Studies and safety
measures will take a long time before they will fully figure out how to
fully cure Epilepsy.
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