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What to do When Someone Has a Seizure94

What to do When Someone Has a Seizure

Epilepsy is a brain disorder which causes a person to have multiple seizures over time. Seizures can cause attention and behavior problems due to changes in brain activity. When a person has a seizure their arms and legs will move uncontrollably....

2 comments    health seizures
Petit mal versus Grand Mal Seizure Activity in Children93

Petit mal versus Grand Mal Seizure Activity in Children

Children who begin to show signs of petit mal (or absence) seizures are experiencing changes in the electrical activity within their brain. There are neurons and synapses that transmit the information across the brain and with a petit mal seizure;...

22 comments    safety grand mal seizure
Who am I? Where am I?92

Who am I? Where am I?

These are a couple of questions that are spinning through my mind after I have a Grandmal seizure; feeling frightened and confused I try desperatley to piece my confused world together. I have had Epilepsy for most of my life, having my first...

6 comments    career memory disability
How To Respond When Someone Has A Seizure90

How To Respond When Someone Has A Seizure

Seeing someone have a seizure can be very scary. Especially when you don't know what to do to help. Knowing what to do will help get you and the person through the experience easier. First of all stay calm. Most seizures only last a few minutes....

4 comments    respond stay seizure
Who Can and Cannot Seize Your Tax Refund?90

Who Can and Cannot Seize Your Tax Refund?

After filing your taxes, you may be eligible for a tax refund at the end of the year. Your tax refund is determined by the number of people in your household, your income and how much money you paid in federal taxes over the course of the year. In...

17 comments    federal government tax return
Treating a bitten tongue - epilepsy88

Treating a bitten tongue - epilepsy

What more can be said (if you can say that)! I've suffered with seizures for many years and by far the worst and slowest part to get over, once you've made it through your tonic clonic (formerly grand mal) seizure is the bitten tongue. Not everyone...

4 comments    epilepsy grand mal seizure
Cyphenothrin Toxicity: Negative Reactions to Sergeant’s Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze On in Dogs88

Cyphenothrin Toxicity: Negative Reactions to Sergeant’s Gold Flea and Tick Squeeze On in Dogs

Over-the-counter flea and tick products may kill parasites, but they may also kill your pet! Here'a a true story of what happened when I tried an OTC flea product on my dogs along with instructions on what to do if this happens to you!

11 comments    dogs dog flea control
Raising a child with multiple disabilities, 21 years later...a mother's view.84

Raising a child with multiple disabilities, 21 years later...a mother's view.

A story of raising a child with multiple disabilities. The challenges faced with getting your child the help they need and deserve.

9 comments    help autism medication
What to do if someone around you has a seizure84

What to do if someone around you has a seizure

A seizure is, to put it in simple terms, a kind of misfire in someone's brain. Abnormal electrical activity causes the body to react in ways that sometimes frighten onlookers. There are a variety of different types of seizures, but two main...

1 comment    health first aid what to do
Exercising your Fourth Amendment Rights84

Exercising your Fourth Amendment Rights

Using a bit of humor the author outlines what the 4th amendment is. And how to use it to protect yourself from abuse by authorities.

8 comments    patriot act fourth amendment
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