Medically Intractable Focal Epilepsy

Intractable Epilepsy: Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, …

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Focal Epilepsy | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Frontal lobe epilepsy is the term for recurring seizures beginning in the frontal lobe — the area of the brain behind the forehead. Because the frontal lobe is responsible for planning …

Intractable Epilepsy: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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Loss of bladder or bowel control. Staring into space. Falling. Stiff muscles. Biting the tongue. Symptoms may be more prominent in children, as this type of epilepsy …

Intractable epilepsy: What it is, treatment options, …

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Intractable epilepsy is when appropriate medications cannot control seizures. Doctors can recommend alternative treatment methods for people with this …

Intractable Epilepsy | Stanford Health Care

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This means that medicines do not work well, or at all, to control the seizures. Intractable epilepsy can have a big effect on your life. People with intractable epilepsy may have trouble at work or …

Refractory Epilepsy | Johns Hopkins Medicine

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Partial (focal) seizures. This means seizure activity starts in a smaller area of your brain and may later spread out to a wider area. Diagnosis Doctors have many ways to help …

Types of Seizures | Epilepsy | CDC

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Focal seizures are located in just one area of the brain. These seizures are also called partial seizures. Simple focal seizures affect a small part of the brain. These seizures can cause twitching or a …

Intractable Epilepsy - University of Rochester Medical …

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Intractable epilepsy is a seizure disorder in which a patient’s seizures fail to come under control with treatment. These seizures are sometimes also called “uncontrolled” or …

Drug Resistant Epilepsy | Epilepsy Foundation

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Learning and development problems in children: Drug-resistant seizures that begin early in life are associated with high rates of learning problems and intellectual disability. …

Surgery as a Treatment for Medically Intractable Epilepsy

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Background: - Medically intractable epilepsy is the term used to describe epilepsy that cannot be controlled by medication. Many people whose seizures do not …