AN OVERVIEW ON NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES
M. N. L. Aishwarya*, Prasanna Kumar Kar, P. C. Jayanth and M. Niranajan Babu
ABSTRACT
The brain is susceptible to many different types of disorders that strike at every stage of life. Developmental disorders such as autism and dyslexia first appear in early childhood. Psychiatric diseases such as depression and schizophrenia are typically diagnosed in teens or in early adulthood. Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects people of all ages. Epilepsy is a group of related disorders characterized by a tendency for recurrent seizures that occur due to abnormal electrical discharges whereas Non Epileptic Seizures are not characterized by abnormal electric discharges in brain. Non Epileptic Seizures also possess greater impact on human life as that of normal epilepsy. This article aims towards discussing Non Epileptic Seizures in detail which includes the classification, epidemiology, types, causes, diagnosis, and treatment of Non Epileptic Seizures including treatment of Pediatric Non Epileptic Seizures.
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