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100 Questions and Answers About Your Child’s Epilepsy gives you authoritative, practical answers to your questions about epilepsy diagnosis, treatment options, and management. Written by a childhood epilepsy expert, along with contributions from actual parents and the children and adolescents themselves, this book is an excellent resource for learning and coping with the medical and emotional effects on a child with epilepsy. 272 pages. 2008
Becky is Sarah’s big sister. In many ways they are alike, but as Sarah says, “Becky is brave…and I am not.” Becky walks Sarah to her classroom each day. She is brave about going to a new school, about standing up to a big dog, and even about having epilepsy. But one day Becky has a seizure during class. Many kids stare, and some laugh. That evening, Becky decides she doesn’t want to go to school anymore. Now Shy Sarah must find the strength to be brave for her sister.
A diagnosis of epilepsy instantly raises numerous questions and fears for the parents and caretakers of a newly diagnosed child.
Knowledge is an antidote to fear.–Martin L. Kutscher, MDThis concise, accessible handbook for families, friends and carers of children with seizures provides all the information they need to approach seizures from a position of strength.Part 1 discusses types and causes of seizures, and what to do during a seizure. The medical concepts and technical terminology as well as the available tests and treatments, including anticonvulsant medication, are clearly explained.
This book was written with the belief that accurate and comprehensible medical information can empower people with epilepsy to combat their disease. Reading Epilepsy: 199 Answers will help you to better understand your doctor?s language and ask better questions. If you fill in the medical history section, keep your calendar, and carry this book when you visit your doctor, it will help you receive optimal care.
Epilepsy, once mistakenly associated with demonic possession, has for centuries been a poorly understood illness. Today, though it affects nearly one out of every one hundred Americans, little comprehensive information can be found on bookshelves regarding this common and complex neurological disease. Using his expertise in pharmacology and neuroscience, Dr. Carl Bazil demystifies epilepsy and other seizure disorders and offers medical, practical, and emotional support to patients and their families.
The award-winning Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood is the standard resource for parents in need of comprehensive medical information about their child with epilepsy. Now in its third edition, this highly praised book has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in childhood, including the use of the ketogenic diet as a treatment for children who either do not respond to traditional drug therapy or who suffer intolerable side effects from medications.
Written to educate the peers of a child with epilepsy, this book will help create a more understanding school environment. It is a great educational tool for family members and friends of someone with epilepsy. This book dispels the myths and fears surrounding epilepsy in a positive, upbeat and entertaining style and explains seizures in an understandable fashion.32 pages. 1996
“I was pushing my son, Charlie, in a swing when his head twitched and he threw his right arm in the air. That was the beginning of an agony I am without words to describe. Nine months later, … Charlie’s seizures were unchecked, his development “delayed,” and he had a prognosis of continued seizures and progressive retardation. Since Charlie started the (ketogenic) diet, he has been virtually seizure-free, completely drug-free, and a terrific little boy.
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