My sister suffered sever convulsion wen she was abt 4yr old, but suvived it. the resident doctor said she might have later side effects. She is now 17yrs old. early last yr my mum noticed that she started having short seizures mostly at night. She is abt to write her WEAC 4rm April 12th, but the degree of seizures have become higher and more frequent, that it is threatning her impending exams. Pls house any idea what her current ailment is? if it is epilepsy; i thot it is generic and does it have any cure?

Eya bro -- sorry to hear about this but I think that you may be right. Its epilepsy --- there's no cure, for people who normally have this, I think that this is triggered by stress mostly.

Nigeria is a stressful place to live in --- plus all of the environmental pollution! Tell her to take it easy -- I think that there may be homeopathic remedy and such.

Sorry about ur sis. It most probably is! My case is exactly d same; my 1st episode started when i was 16, and have been on d drugs every day upto now (I´m 39yrs), so u can imagine! But pls don´t come to a conclusion without medical diagnostic. An E.E.G (Electroencephalogram) has to be run on her, and d sooner the better, so that d appropriate drugs can be prescribed, to avoid her having attacks at any place & time, so that she does not have a social stigma on her 4 life. Luckily i have just a broken wrist to live with for d rest of my life afta several operations, but others have gone thru worse ( fell into a concrete ditch when i had my attack on d street), & am now on Tegretol, & have taken Epanutin in d past. Let me know how far, and good luck!

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Look into the Ketogenic Diet. 2/3 people stop having seizures while on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet

Did your sister have a single prolonged convulsion at 4years or did she have repeated seizures then?
It may be what you're thinking, but if she's having seizures only at nights she may just be having Benign Rolandic seizures or juvenile myoclonic seizures which is common around her age now and controlled somewhat by long term drug treatment. Ketogenic diets are not usually first line treatment( most consultants would have tried 2 drugs before trying that) and usually will involve co management with a paediatric dietician in younger folks but at 17 we may just escape without one(i will still advise it though).
It will be good for her to see a neurologist who will take further detailed history and may want an EEG to confirm diagnosis(but EEGs are notoriously unreliable in MAKING a diagnosis).
Epilepsy may not have a cure per se but so many types are responsive to treatment and many do not even require any treatment. It doesn't have to affect her life negatively.
I wish her the very best, but theres no substitute for expert care.

Hello Sleek.
Sorry aboult yoour sister; but thank God, all hope is not lost. Epilepsy, like most ailment, is as a result malfunction / non-function of a part of the system. There are herbal products that corrects the anomally in the system and thus, cures the epilepsy.

please send a mail to izy.williams@yahoo.com and i'll tell you what to use. The epilepsy will be a thing of th past.

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