Parental Counseling
Parental Counseling Association of Child Neurology-Indian Epilepsy Society Consensus Document on Parental Counseling of Children with Epilepsy Abstract When a child is diagnosed with epilepsy, counseling regarding the same is…
Febrile seizures
Febrile Seizures Your child has reacted strongly to a fever by having a seizure. While these seizures can frighten parents, they usually will not harm your child. This information explains…
Rolandic epilepsy
Rolandic Epilepsy Rolandic Epilepsy or Benign partial epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is one of the most common forms of epilepsy in children. Most seizures occur from sleep.…
Infantile Spasms
Infantile Spasms Infantile spasms are a type of epilepsy. You may also hear infantile spasms called West syndrome after Dr. William West, who described infantile spasms in his own son…
Alternative or complementary therapy in epilepsy
Alternative and Complementary therapy in Epilepsy What are complementary and alternative therapies? The term "conventional medicine" refers to the methods and treatments most widely practised by Western health professionals today…
What to do in Seizure
What to do in seizure Some seizures only involve short periods of unresponsiveness, and do not require specific first aid. Other types of seizures are more intense and frightening. What…
Absence epilepsy
Absence Epilepsy Both childhood absence epilepsy and juvenile absence epilepsy are associated with typical absence seizures except that juvenile absence epilepsy usually starts after 10 years age and has less…
Epilepsy General
Epilepsy General What is epilepsy? Epilepsy, or seizure disorder, is a general term for a number of different conditions. A child is diagnosed with epilepsy if he or she has…
Temporal lobe epilepsies
Temporal Lobe Epilepsies Temporal lobe epilepsy syndromes feature simple or complex partial seizures arising from the temporal lobe. Because the temporal lobe is involved with emotions and memory, these seizures…
Diet therapy in epilepsy
Diet therapy in epilepsy Ketogenic Diet Dietary therapy is a recognized treatment for epilepsy in children and is offered by many epilepsy care centers in India. It is usually tried…