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You can swallow your tongue during a seizure.
|It's physically impossible to swallow your tongue. | | |2. |Absolutely not! That's a | |You should force |good way to chip teeth, | |something into the mouth |puncture gums, or even | |of someone having a |break someone's jaw. The | |seizure. |correct first aid is | | |simple. Just gently roll | | |the person on one side | | |and put something soft | | |under his head to protect| | |him from getting | | |injured. | |3. |Never use restraint! The | |You should restrain |seizure will run its | |someone having a seizure.|course and you can not | | |stop it. | | | | |4. |About as contagious as a | |Epilepsy is contagious. |gunshot wound! You simply| | |can't catch epilepsy from| | |another person. | |5. |Epilepsy happens to | |Only kids get epilepsy. |people over age 65 almost| | |as often as it does to | | |children aged ten and | | |under. Seizures in the | | |elderly are often the | | |after effect of other | | |health problems like | | |stroke and heart | | |disease. | |6. |People with the condition| |People with epilepsy are |have the same range of | |disabled and can't work. |abilities and | | |intelligence as the rest | | |of us. Some have severe | | |seizures and cannot work;| | |others are successful and| | |productive in challenging| | |careers. | | |People with seizure | |7. |disorders are found in | |People with epilepsy |all walks of life and at | |shouldn't be in jobs of |all levels in business, | |responsibility and |government, the arts and | |stress. |the professions. We | | |aren't always aware of | | |them because many people,| | |even today, do not talk | | |about having epilepsy for| | |fear of what others might| | |think. | |8. |Epilepsy is a chronic | |With today's medication, |medical problem that for | |epilepsy is largely a |many people can be | |solved problem. |successfully treated. | | |Unfortunately, treatment | | |doesn't work for everyone| | |and there's a critical | | |need for more research. | |9. |There are more than twice| |Epilepsy is rare and |as many people with | |there aren't many people |epilepsy in Canada as the| |who have it. |number of people with | | |cerebral palsy (55,000), | | |muscular dystrophy | | |(28,000), multiple | | |sclerosis (39,000), and | | |cystic fibrosis (3,400) | | |combined. Epilepsy can | | |occur as a single | | |condition, or may | | |accompany other | | |conditions affecting the | | |brain, such as cerebral | | |palsy, mental | | |retardation, autism, | | |Alzheimer's, and | | |traumatic brain injury. | |10. |Epilepsy still can be a | |You can't die from |very serious condition | |epilepsy. |and individuals do die of| | |it. Experts estimate that| | |prolonged seizures | | |(status epilepticus) are | | |the cause of many deaths | | |in Canada each year. In a| | |major study of status | | |epilepticus, 42% of | | |deaths occurred in | | |individuals with a | | |history of epilepsy. | |11. |Seizures commonly take a | |You can't tell what a |characteristic form and | |person might do during a |the individual will do | |seizure. |much the same thing | | |during each episode. His | | |behaviour may be | | |inappropriate for the | | |time and place, but it is| | |unlikely to cause harm to| | |anyone. | |12. |In most cases, epilepsy | |People with epilepsy are |isn't a barrier to | |physically limited in |physical achievement, | |what they can do. |although some individuals| | |are more severely | | |affected and may be | | |limited in what they can | | |do. | |[pic]hroughout history some famous individuals have | |had epilepsy!!! | |Julius Caesar | |Alexander the Great | |Agatha Christie | |Edward Lear | |Socrates | |Joan of Arc | |Harriet Tubman | |Ludwig van Beethoven | |Napoleon Bonaparte | |Vincent Van Gogh | |Charles Dickens | |Richard Burton | |Alfred Nobel | |Gary Howatt | |Mohammed | |AND MANY OTHERS |
|It's physically impossible to swallow your tongue. | | |2. |Absolutely not! That's a | |You should force |good way to chip teeth, | |something into the mouth |puncture gums, or even | |of someone having a |break someone's jaw. The | |seizure. |correct first aid is | | |simple. Just gently roll | | |the person on one side | | |and put something soft | | |under his head to protect| | |him from getting | | |injured. | |3. |Never use restraint! The | |You should restrain |seizure will run its | |someone having a seizure.|course and you can not | | |stop it. | | | | |4. |About as contagious as a | |Epilepsy is contagious. |gunshot wound! You simply| | |can't catch epilepsy from| | |another person. | |5. |Epilepsy happens to | |Only kids get epilepsy. |people over age 65 almost| | |as often as it does to | | |children aged ten and | | |under. Seizures in the | | |elderly are often the | | |after effect of other | | |health problems like | | |stroke and heart | | |disease. | |6. |People with the condition| |People with epilepsy are |have the same range of | |disabled and can't work. |abilities and | | |intelligence as the rest | | |of us. Some have severe | | |seizures and cannot work;| | |others are successful and| | |productive in challenging| | |careers. | | |People with seizure | |7. |disorders are found in | |People with epilepsy |all walks of life and at | |shouldn't be in jobs of |all levels in business, | |responsibility and |government, the arts and | |stress. |the professions. We | | |aren't always aware of | | |them because many people,| | |even today, do not talk | | |about having epilepsy for| | |fear of what others might| | |think. | |8. |Epilepsy is a chronic | |With today's medication, |medical problem that for | |epilepsy is largely a |many people can be | |solved problem. |successfully treated. | | |Unfortunately, treatment | | |doesn't work for everyone| | |and there's a critical | | |need for more research. | |9. |There are more than twice| |Epilepsy is rare and |as many people with | |there aren't many people |epilepsy in Canada as the| |who have it. |number of people with | | |cerebral palsy (55,000), | | |muscular dystrophy | | |(28,000), multiple | | |sclerosis (39,000), and | | |cystic fibrosis (3,400) | | |combined. Epilepsy can | | |occur as a single | | |condition, or may | | |accompany other | | |conditions affecting the | | |brain, such as cerebral | | |palsy, mental | | |retardation, autism, | | |Alzheimer's, and | | |traumatic brain injury. | |10. |Epilepsy still can be a | |You can't die from |very serious condition | |epilepsy. |and individuals do die of| | |it. Experts estimate that| | |prolonged seizures | | |(status epilepticus) are | | |the cause of many deaths | | |in Canada each year. In a| | |major study of status | | |epilepticus, 42% of | | |deaths occurred in | | |individuals with a | | |history of epilepsy. | |11. |Seizures commonly take a | |You can't tell what a |characteristic form and | |person might do during a |the individual will do | |seizure. |much the same thing | | |during each episode. His | | |behaviour may be | | |inappropriate for the | | |time and place, but it is| | |unlikely to cause harm to| | |anyone. | |12. |In most cases, epilepsy | |People with epilepsy are |isn't a barrier to | |physically limited in |physical achievement, | |what they can do. |although some individuals| | |are more severely | | |affected and may be | | |limited in what they can | | |do. | |[pic]hroughout history some famous individuals have | |had epilepsy!!! | |Julius Caesar | |Alexander the Great | |Agatha Christie | |Edward Lear | |Socrates | |Joan of Arc | |Harriet Tubman | |Ludwig van Beethoven | |Napoleon Bonaparte | |Vincent Van Gogh | |Charles Dickens | |Richard Burton | |Alfred Nobel | |Gary Howatt | |Mohammed | |AND MANY OTHERS |
