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Epilepsy and Diabetes — Confusion or Common Cure?

April 18, 2023
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A seizure can be quite serious and can be a scary experience for not just the person experiencing it but for the people around them.

While seizures are caused due to many reasons, one of the prime reasons for a seizure to occur is when people have epilepsy.

Among those types of seizures are diabetic seizures, which can sometimes turn into an emergency quite quickly.

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Tags: blood sugar, coma, diabetes, emergency, Epilepsy, Glucophage, seizures

Weird epilepsy triggers…

March 28, 2023
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Here’s a list of uncommon epilepsy triggers you may have experienced or know about.

Feel free to add to this list of the weird and the unknown…

The miracle of the coconut

October 10, 2022
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Coconut oil is one of the few foods that can be classified as a “superfood.”

And there are plenty of reasons to love it: Health, healing, immunity. Liver, kidney and bone health. Energy, weight loss, hair, skin care…and that’s just scratching the surface.

Let’s start with your health:

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Tags: benefits, bones, coconut, dentalcare, diabetes, healing and infections, healthy cooking, heart health, immunity, kidneys, liver, skin and hair care, weight loss

Epilepsy Related Conditions

July 29, 2020
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In chronic conditions, such as epilepsy, the coexistence of more than one illness in a patient is the rule rather than the exception…

Men and women with epilepsy have a two-to five-fold increase in the occurrence of conditions, such as migraine, cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disorders. Along with gastrointestinal disorders, pulmonary disorders, dementia, chronic fatigue, mood disorders, anxiety, and personality disorders.

The type and prevalence of conditions is largely age dependent.

For example, among epilepsy patients, asthma is common among the young, while cardiovascular diseases and stroke are prevalent in older individuals—but both occur more frequently than in the general population.

Below is a sampling of some of the conditions which are related (but not necessarily caused) by epilepsy…

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Tags: diabetes, epilepsy related conditions, heart disease, infection, inflammatory disorders, migraines, sleep disorders

Weird Epilepsy Triggers

March 27, 2020
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