Epilepsy can be cured! | What is Status Epilepticus?| SEIZURE - Dr.Advait Kulkarni | Doctors' Circle

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Status epilepticus is a repeated episodes of seizures. Patient who has multiple seizures without gaining consciousness in between. Seizures is basically the attacks where there is a electrical imbalance in the brain and patient becomes unconscious with a rigorous shaking, rolling of eyes etc. If these seizures last for more than 5 minutes or more than two attacks without gaining Consciousness in between we call it a status epilepticus. Status epilepticus is a medical emergeny. The most common cause of status epilepticus is a patient who is taking medications for seizures and who skips the medications. That is called a breakthrough seizure. Irregular medications and poor compliance is one of the most important causes of status epilepticus. Various causes, other causes can be brain infections head injuries, toxins, alcohol intoxication of sudden alcohol withdrawal and many more. It's very important to recognize that the patient is getting repeated seizures for more than 5 minutes and rush to your emergency nearby hospital and and most important is to take the medications regularly and understand that epilepsy is treatable if you take right medication for right duration in consultation with your neurologist you can get cured or treated very well from epilepsy.

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