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Epilepsy is a disease of chronic nature that affects the brain of the patient, and accompanied by the predisposition to convulsions with loss of consciousness. However, despite the chronic course of the pathology and its successful treatment is possible, it can be medical and surgical.


Omega-3 reduces seizure frequency by 33%

Epilepsy, like other diseases, has been studied and continues to be studied by many researchers. It turned out that if every day to consume omega-3, not even in small doses, you will be able to significantly reduce the number of seizures. The figure is very impressive at 33%.

At the University of California study was conducted, which involved 24 people suffering from epilepsy. It was conducted under the leadership of Professor of neurology K. dejorio's. It is important that the body of each patient stopped responding to the effects of anticonvulsants.

The essence of the research was to ensure that every person with epilepsy gave a small, on the contrary, high doses of omega-3. Polyunsaturated fatty acids are proposed in the form of fish oil. The study was 10 weeks. The results were as follows: number of seizures decreased by one third (i.e. 33%) during the reception of small doses. And two patients did not experienced any attack of disease during the experiment. Besides dosed intake of fish oil helped reduce blood pressure, and high, on the contrary, contributed to its increase.

No way omega-3 is not influenced by heart rate, on the numerical quantity of lipids in the blood and the force of the attacks. On the basis of this study dejorio's concluded that omega-3 help decrease the excitability of brain cells, which in turn, inhibits seizures.

To sufficient to obtain omega-3, you need to eat sea fatty fish. It is available and known to everyone, is a mackerel and herring, salmon and trout, sardines and tuna. You can also fill the inventorytaking special supplements. In addition to reducing the number of epileptic seizures, it will help to normalize heart function, protect it from heart attacks, which is very important for patients with epilepsy.

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Epilepsy treatment folk remedies

  • Stone oil for epilepsy. Stone oil is recommended to take in epilepsy, as it contains up to 70 of healthy elements. It has antispasmodic and immunomodulatory properties. There is a "Siberian" prescription solution on the basis of rock oil, which is used for epilepsy. To prepare the medication to dissolve 3 grams of stone oil in 2 liters of water and taken orally three times a day a glass. This should be done before meals. The course of treatment is 1 month. It is best to conduct this course once a year;

  • Treatment of epilepsy powder of herbs. Take equal parts of: peony, duckweed, licorice. In order to get the powder, you can use a coffee grinder or a small mortar. One dose to receive will be half a teaspoon. You should also add a tablet diphenylhydantoin. Take this remedy for epilepsy 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 14 days, after which you need to take a break for a week and repeat the course. All you need to pass 3 courses, a significant improvement should occur by the end of the first course;
  • Marin root for the treatment of epilepsy. In folk medicine Marin root is used in epilepsy, neurasthenia, paralysis, and other neurological diseases. Alcohol tincture of the petals (3 tablespoons in half a liter of vodka, insist 20-30 days) take a teaspoon 2-3 times a day;
  • The smell of myrrh in epilepsy. You just need a month and a half to make so that in the room of a man who suffers from epilepsy, has been ever-present smell of myrrh. This fragrant resin you can ask in the Church. Take a few pieces of myrrh, ignite in the bowl and before bedtime the patient develop her scent all over the room. This method is very well known, so treated epilepsy priests in ancient times. The smell of myrrh will help not only in epilepsy, but also for chronic fatigue, insomnia and nervousness.

Read more: List of all medicinal herbs used in epilepsy


Drink 1000 Skvortsov A. V.

Another treatment for epilepsy is "drink in 1000" Skvortsov A. V. the Drug is prepared on the basis of medicinal herbs and propolis. How it is created and patented by the physicist from Novosibirsk Akademgorodok Skvortsov.

The drink acts as a General tonic and prescribed for epilepsy, as it:

  • Helps to improve conduction of impulses from the nervous system to all tissues and organs of a person;
  • Allows you to recover time spent in bouts of strength and relieve stress;
  • Improves all cognitive processes, especially memory;
  • Increases efficiency of the person having the chronic disease;
  • Improves hearing, smell and sight;
  • Can cope with dystonia and increased intracranial pressure;
  • Stimulates cerebral circulation, accelerates metabolic processes;
  • Suitable for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases that are the common companions of epilepsy. Reduces the risk of stroke and minimizes its effects.

Contraindications applies only individual intolerance to the components included in the composition of the drink. The substances constituting this tool are propolis, extracts of St. John's wort, nutmeg and thyme, as well as biological additive to the Alps 7. Caution should be give drink to kids under 7 years old.

There is a certain way of application and dose to be followed for patients with epilepsy:

  • Adults (dosage is also suitable for children older than 7 years), 10 drops are shown. Better during the main meals;
  • Babies under 12 months 1 drop should be diluted with water (20 ml). Give a teaspoon. Per day should not take more than 4 scoops;
  • Children older than 1 year to 7 years, the calculation is 1 drop for every passing year. The number of receptions is the same as in adults.

For ease of use the drug is available in an unbreakable plastic bottle equipped with a dispenser. In the bottle contains 30 ml. It is important to use the tool after the vial is opened within 2 months. The total storage time sealed the drink is 3 years. Stored it in a cool dark place. If the autopsy revealed a sediment, it is considered the norm. Most importantly, before the count drops, don't forget to shake well tool.

Where to buy?

"Drink in 1000"can be purchased at the center"HEALTH" in the nameSkvortsova in Vladivostok, or to arrange the delivery of mail through the official website.

Drug treatment of epilepsy

It is important to achieve stable remission to choose the right medical scheme. It is known that if the disease was detected for the first time, and initiated timely treatment, it is already the first therapeutic course allows you to permanently get rid of the seizures 60% of patients. In other cases, exacerbation of epilepsy is extended for a period ranging between 2 to 5 years.

Conservative therapy is based on the intake of antiepileptic drugs.

It is designed to solve several problems:

  • First and foremost, it is necessary to conduct differential diagnostics of diseases, allowing to select appropriate medications;
  • It is important to exclude any other lesion of the brain, for example, an aneurysm or a tumor. Diagnosis should be accompanied by an indication of the true causes of the disease;
  • Exclude all factors provocateurs, which are able to stimulate another seizure. In this case, we are talking about the lack of sleep, overheating, alcohol, and mental and physical strain;
  • It is important to achieve the relief of status epilepticus or a seizure. This requires taking medications with anticonvulsant properties. The patient should be given adequate first aid. It is important to control the airway, exclude the possibility of prokusyvanie language, to protect the patient from injury during attack.

One of the solutions to the problem permanent the preventive use of drugs. They will allow you to control epileptic seizures.

However, the patient must strictly adhere to the following rules:

  • It is impossible to independently prescribe drugs. To take any prescribed by a doctor are in accordance with his recommendations;
  • If you have any desire to replace the prescribed drug less expensive generic, you must consult a doctor;
  • Do not stop treatment on their own;
  • If the patient feels the development of depressive mood oron the contrary, hyperexcitability and euphoria, this is to inform the doctor. Any unusual changes in mood should be known to the doctor.

If the diagnosis was the emergency, then 50% of patients after primary treatment will be able to live the rest of my life without seizures. Initiation of therapy is accompanied by a taking a small dose of the medication. Doctors recommend to follow the tactics of treatment with one antiepileptic agent. If the effect of such therapy is low, the seizures continue, the dose gradually increases until, until stable remission.

The arising partial seizures use:

  • Valproaty, among them Chrono Depakine, Konvuleks Retard, Encort-Chrono, Valparin Retard, Konvuleks;
  • Derivatives carboxamide. Representatives of this group are Timonel, Carbamazepine, Finlepsin, Actinerval, Karbasan, Tegretol, Zeptol;
  • Phenobarbital (Luminal);

  • From fenitoinom means to receive the recommended Phenytoin.

Drugs belonging to the group of barbiturates, prescribed for epilepsy is not too often, due to the abundance of side effects from your medications. Often used drugs the first two groups. The dosage of valproate and carbamazepine varies. The minimum dose of valproate is 1000 mg per day and a maximum of 2500 mg. with regard to carbamazepine, then it is the maximum daily dose is 1200 mg, and the minimum 600 mg Make a drug necessary up to 3 times in 24 hours.

Regimen of drugs for the treatment of epilepsy depends on patient's condition and disease:

  • It is most convenient to use drugs that have a lasting impact. They are sufficient to take 1 or 2 times a day. For example, Finlepsin Retard Tegretol, Depakine Chrono;

  • When the patient suffers from generalized seizures, it can be assigned and carbamazepine, and valproaty. If the patient suffers from idiopathic form of the disease, is assigned only valproaty;

  • If the patient during the attack loses consciousness (absence seizure), for the treatment of choosing Ethosuximide;

  • The proven effect of new drugs, such as Tiagabine and Lamotrigine. Therefore, in recent years they administered more often.

If seizures are not observed for five years, this is the basis for the suspension of the treatment. The dosage is gradually reduced, bringing it to a minimum, and then from the drugs refuse at all.


Withdrawal status epilepticus

Ifpatient has Epictetus, it is removed with the help of Diazepam and Seduksen. Sibazon shown to slow intravenous administration. After 15 minutes, it can be entered again. If there is no effect, then the drug is replaced with Phenytoin, Hexenal or Thiopental sodium. To avoid the oppression of the respiratory function, after introducing 10 ml of the drug need minute break.

When intravenous administration of drugs does not help to remove epileptic status, used inhalation anesthesia. To do this, in the ratio of 2:1 is used nitrous oxide and oxygen. However, a contraindication to this therapy is the comatose condition of the patient, impaired respiratory function and collapse.


Surgical treatment of epilepsy

If the patient is suffering from focal epilepsy, which was triggered by a tumor, aneurysm or other pathologic changes in brain structure, it is shown surgical intervention.

Most often, the surgery is performed without General anesthesia, in order to monitor the patient's condition and not to damage the essential parts of the brain responsible for mental functions, movement and speech. For anesthesia local anesthesia is used.

Surgery is indicated in temporal lobe epilepsy. While the temporal lobe is either treated by resection or hippocampus with the amygdala selectively removed, that patient is much more preferable. Results of surgical intervention is high, up to 90% of cases succeed, and seizures in patients is gone.

If you have children there is underdevelopment of the brain, or hemiplegia, the brain can be completely removed. This operation is called hemispherectomy.

Callosotomy shown in the case, if the patient is diagnosed with primary idiopathic epilepsy. The operation is aimed at the intersection of the corpus callosum, which allows you to interrupt the connection between hemisphere of the brain. This, in turn, will relieve the patient from seizures.