Today’s guest article is contributed by Meredith Walker, who writes about the masters in public health. She welcomes your feedback at “MeredithWalker1983 at gmail.com” Enjoy the article and please make her feel welcome!
Complex partial seizures are epileptic seizures that affect one particular region of the brain. These seizures do not usually cause a tonic seizure more [...]
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Seven facts about complex partial seizures
Childhood epilepsy and Social Security disability benefits
How does Social Security look at children’s disability cases based on epilepsy or other seizure disorders?
Social Security first considers the Listing of Impairments. The Listings are a set of descriptions of medical conditions which can be disabling. The Listings tell you the what kind medical evidence you need and the medical findings to prove that [...]
Questions the Judge may ask in epilepsy or seizure case
Disability cases based on seizure disorders are a very special kind of disability case.
If your case goes in front of an Administrative Law Judge, you can expect to be asked these questions:
How often do you have seizures?
What happens during a seizure?
How do you feel after a seizure?
What do you have to do after a [...]
What to do for a person having a seizure (video)
One of my favorite shows on the web, GeekBrief.tv with Cali Lewis, inverviewed actor Greg Grunberg (Matt Parkman on “Heroes”). Greg’s son, Jake, has epilepsy and Greg talks about what to do for someone during a seizure and what not to do (don’t put something into the person’s mouth!).
It’s a great video! Greg talks about seizures [...]
How to help someone during a seizure?
If you have a family member, or a friend, with epilepsy or another seizure disorder, it can be scary and you may not know what to do when a seizure happens.
Scott Mehle, executive director of Tallahassee’s Epilepsy Association of the Big Bend, recently discussed this:
“They should just know what to do and not do when someone [...]
