Epilepsy - A Case Study Paul Sharkey Epilepsy Ireland, Training & Communications Manager

Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy - an overview

• Implications

– Diagnosis

– Treatment

– Experience/ Expectations

• Employer Concerns

• Resources

Seizure: - A brief and temporary malfunction of normal brain activity

Partial

Generalised

Absence Staring

and blinking

Myoclonic Brief jerking

movements,

usually of upper

body

Tonic-clonic Going stiff and

falling – followed by

convulsions (jerking

movements)

Tonic Going stiff and

falling but without

convulsions

Atonic Falling limply

to the ground

Simple Activity while

person is alert

Complex Activity with

change in

awareness

Secondary

generalised Activity begins in one

area and spreads

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Tom

Catherine

Philip Joan

Mary

Anne

Peter

Liz

John

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