Epilepsy

__**Introduction**__
 Epilepsy is a Greek word that means hold or seize. Unusual electrical activity happen and nerves send electrical signals. Seizures happen when dehydrated or high temperature. Epilepsy is a condition of the Nervous System when you can't control the movement. More than 180,000 people are diagnosed with epilepsy every year.

**__Cause__** Cause is often unknown but it can be caused by a brain injury, an infection or illness, a lack of oxygen, Meningitis or encephatis or Poisoning. It can also be caused by flashing or bright lights, a lack of sleep, stress, overstimulation, fevers, certain medication and hyperventilation.

**__Affect__** Epilepsy affects us by giving us no control over our bodies when we have seizures from being dehydrated or having a high temperature. Fingers, hands, arms, legs, feet or facial muscles twitch. Person may be daydreaming, staring off into space or pass out.

**__Treatment__**and ketogenic. Vagus sends signals through the vagus nerve signals in neckare to control seizures. Ketogenic is a s The treatment involved is vagus pecial diet that help people with epilesy who don't respond to medication alone. Doctors help by surgery on the brain tissue when the condition can't control other treatments. Ct scan or magnetic resonance imaging test may be done. All tests are painless. The neurologist will perform medical tests such as an electroencephalogram or the egg test. If the neurologist thinks the person has epilepsy he will recommend an appropriate type of treatment. For epilepsy treatment is medication but sometimes people can use vagus.

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