Informative Speech On Epilepsy

Ainsley Short

Period 2 Science

Mrs. Stricklan

Slide 1 (Title Slide): Today I will be presenting about Epilepsy, which is a disease that affects 50 million people around the world and causes them to have recurring seizures.

Slide 2 (What is Epilepsy?): Epilepsy is not a very unusual disease and it was one of the most frequently diagnosed diseases concerning the nervous system. It is a neurological chronic disease that causes people to have 2 or more seizures throughout their lifetime. Epilepsy affects many Americans, and if a person has 2 or more seizures in their lifetime, they are considered to have Epilepsy.

Slide 3 (Which organs are affected by Epilepsy?): Epilepsy is disease that affects the brain. There are many types of Epilepsy, but the most common type is Temporal Lobe Seizures. This type of Epilepsy

Epilepsy can also occur when there is a genetic mutation in the nerve cells, also known as neurons, located in the brain. Epilepsy can also be developed. Some ways you can develop Epilepsy is if you have had trauma to the head (such as brain tumor or stroke), a disease infecting the brain (such as meningitis), or prenatal brain damage (when the babies are in the womb, they are sensitive to brain damage that can be caused by poor nutrition or lack of oxygen).

Slide 9 (Is There a Way to Prevent Epilepsy?): Potentially preventable cases of Epilepsy occur about 25% of the time. One way to prevent Epilepsy is to avoid trauma to the head, such as falling and car accidents. Another way to prevent Epilepsy is to have sufficient prenatal care when a baby is in the womb, such as having good nutrition. A third way to try and help stop Epilepsy from developing is to control high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, and excessive tobacco or alcohol use. This helps prevent Epilepsy that is associated with stroke, which is focused on cardiovascular