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Madison Thigpen

Epilepsy

Epilepsy

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History Of Epilepsy

- First discovered in 4000 BC- Discovered by ancient mesopatamians + rediscovered by Dr. Hughlings - Named after greek word ( Christian M Kacunili)

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Changing Theories

Triggers : Flashing Lights , Brain INjuries , infections ect ( Mayo Clinic Staff) Treatments : Therapies: diets, nerve stimulations ECT ( Mayo Clinic Staff) Symptoms : Jerking , anxious mood,fatigue ECT ( Mayo Clinic Staff)

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Innovators

-Sir Charles Loocke 1857: First medicine “ Potassium Bromide Cao Yuan Fang: first to classfy epilepsy Dr. John Hughlings: first to rediscover the disease (Christian M Kacunili)

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Impact on Humanity

Government invests at least $140-$160 million per year50 million people with epilepsy 80 percent being low income ( world health organization)

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Stories Of People

People who had/have epieplsy: Prince who was made fun of in his childhood because of it ( Mary Ellis ) Lil Wayne who has the symptom of really bad headaches suddenly ( Mary Ellis) My mother who was diagnosed when she was 20 right before she had me.

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Why I Selected this Disease

I always see epilepsy warnings on games with flashing lights so I wondered how that contributed to seizures However learned that it has been here since the ancient greeks time and that the seizures randomly happen

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Work Cited

Ellis, Mary Ellen. “12 Celebrities with Epilepsy: Famous People with Epilepsy.” Healthline, Healthline Media, 22 June 2017, https://www.healthline.com/health/celebrities-epilepsy. Hopkins, John. “The Epilepsy Center.” Johns Hopkins Neurology and Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital , 20 July 2021, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/neurology_neurosurgery/centers_clinics/epilepsy/. Kaculini, Christian M., et al. “The History of Epilepsy: From Ancient Mystery to Modern Misconception.” Cureus, Cureus, 17 Mar. 2021, https://www.cureus.com/articles/53579-the-history-of-epilepsy-from-ancient-mystery-to-modern-misconception#!/.