The Department of Neurology at King Abdulaziz Medical City of the National Guard in Jeddah organizes an awareness seminar on epilepsy on Saturday 15/04/1435 AH corresponding to 02/15/2014 AD in the Intercontinental Hotel - Jeddah - Sultan Hall, with the aim of educating and educating the families of patients and how to deal with the injured. And the consultant neurosurgeon, Dr. Yahya Mussali, indicated that this disease is one of the common diseases that can be treated, and this depends on the correct diagnosis and making the necessary tests as studies have shown that 70% or more can be treated by medical treatment, and the rest can be operated on for them. He said that this disease affects patients as a result of the presence of abnormal electrical charges in the nervous system, and it appears to us in various forms and widths, including what appears in the form of movement or static activity or a change in sensations or an increase in the work of the autonomic nervous system, and some of these patients lose consciousness and some Do not lose consciousness
He added that epilepsy is one of the pathological conditions that affect children and adults, and the percentage of those affected by this disease is estimated at 1% in all parts of the world, but in the Arab world there is no documented percentage of this disease,
Indicating that the types of epileptic heart attacks are summarized as follows: -
Generalized seizure, which involves trembling all over the body.
Partial seizure, which involves trembling a part of the body.
He pointed out that the factors that lead to epilepsy are subjective factors, and that the majority of people with epilepsy do not have any disease in the nervous system, but there are acquired factors that lead to damage to brain cells, and these factors include lack of oxygen after birth and brain injuries as a result of accidents, encephalitis, inflammation Meningiomas, cerebral infarcts or brain tumors and these account for 15%.
And causes outside the brain such as: -
1- The case of low blood sugar.
2- Calcium deficiency or excess.
3- Severe hypoxia after childbirth.
4- Drug abuse.
It is worth noting that King Abdulaziz Medical City for the National Guard in Jeddah always participates in awareness and educational events, believing in the importance of awareness, and it organizes this occasion to clarify how to deal with patients, as they must be treated like other family members and instill confidence in them and not to exaggerate their protection, as well as not to hide their condition from Others, especially in the school, and informing all those dealing with patients how to deal with them, as well as giving them an overview of the latest epilepsy treatments,
A group of consultant doctors in the field of brain and nerves in King Abdulaziz City in Jeddah will lecture at this symposium, namely Dr. Hussein Al-Qahtani, Dr. Al-Taher Hassan Al-Obaid, Dr. Ahmed Attar, Dr. Maha Qashlan, and Dr. Aisha Yaghmour. The symposium will discuss issues related to the definition of epilepsy, its causes, types and treatment methods Medicinal as well as surgical treatment, electrical stimulation outside and inside the brain, where the vagus nerve outside the brain is stimulated and the device is proven effective, and also with regard to epilepsy in children, and it will also address topics of epilepsy, school, epilepsy and pregnancy, and there will be cultural competitions and the distribution of awards....
