Starting the Prevention of Epilepsy in Early Pregnancy

MASSAPEDIA NEWS - Stroke, diabetes, and heart disease is that many feared. The reason, the disease can threaten anyone, any age and any level of the economy.

Actually, in addition to the three diseases, diseases that can strike anyone without warning is epilepsy.

"No action can prevent the occurrence of epilepsy in adults," said Irawati Hawari, a doctor and Chairman of the Epilepsy Foundation Indonesia CNNIndonesia.com while talking to media at the seminar about epilepsy at Le Meridien Hotel, on Wednesday (23/3).

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"Usually prevented while still in the womb, the fetus maintained so well. Sometimes mothers are also not aware that she was pregnant, and no one knows whether there is a virus or something. So checking in early pregnancy is very important," said Ira.

Ira added that prevention of epilepsy during pregnancy can be prevented by maintaining proper nutrition.

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"Now a lot of women who are pregnant and cravings. Needless to so, essential nutritional intake during pregnancy intake should be maintained and nutritious," said Ira.

Epilepsy or better known as epilepsy or convulsions is a disease caused neurological disorders in the brain. These neurological disorders such as abnormal neural electrical activity that causes seizures.

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Other forms of epileptic seizure is a change in behavior, consciousness, and other changes that arise either tasted or seen. Epilepsy usually diagnosed after a person has a seizure at least two times without a specific reason.

Various reasons can be the reason of damage to the nervous tissue of the brain. Some of them are incomplete formation of the brain due to a pregnancy that is less well preserved, a disease that attacks the brain, to trauma due to an accident or a particular action.

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However, according to the Epilepsy Society, there are three types of causes of epilepsy. The first is symptomatic caused by injury, infection such as meningitis, brain does not grow, stroke, structural abnormalities of organs, and tumors. Scanning with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can indicate the cause in more detail.

Both are idiopathic, and the third is a cryptogenic Both things are still being researched cause.

"Epilepsy is no detection of its early, because that is definitely suffering from epilepsy sometimes do not realize that he had epilepsy."

Epilepsy condition that causes electric attacks the nerves in the moment make so difficult to detect as the symptoms of other diseases. Could be, time of examination and testing to produce a good report because under normal conditions.

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"So in epilepsy is diagnosed based on the story, so that the testimony of the closest very important. It could be us trace later from when he was in the womb, if ever there acts like vacuum, because all things can be the cause of epilepsy," said Ira.

But Ira said that the possibility of living with epilepsy should healthy people is very great, as long as it can control and regularly take anti-epileptic drugs to prevent seizures or convulsions occur again.

Need Supporting

According to a report by the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) in 2014, there were 60 million People with Epilepsy (PWE) in the world. In developing countries, the prevalence of epilepsy ranges from 3.5 to 10.7 per thousand people with an average incidence rate of 24 to 53 per 100 thousand people per year.

In Indonesia, PWE alone reached 1.1 to 8.8 million people. PWE scattered in various ages, ranging from infants to aged people. The highest prevalence occurs in infants and children and the elderly.

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"I think it is important for the environment to be aware of epilepsy so they can provide the appropriate action to PWE," said Aska Primardi, practicing psychologist as well People With Epilepsy (PWE), when talking with CNNIndonesia.com, on the same occasion.

Unfortunately, according to Aska, often environmental support to the PWE is sometimes given excessive by preventing the PWE long should a healthy person. The condition became pressures and psychological problems for PWE that can aggravate the condition of epilepsy he suffered.

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Moreover, the excessive protection can be difficult PWE to be independent and deal with the problem of epilepsy has. Whereas it is essential for the psychological independence PWE.

"Actually very likely PWE perform normal activities as sharing. Parents can also monitor without making PWE feel unsupervised, perhaps by simply accompany in anticipation of an attack," said Aska.

First Aid Kit on PWE

Various measures can be taken to deal with PWE when a seizure occurs. Such as avoiding the occurrence of head injury from sharp objects and hot or dangerous, loosen clothing and cocked his head to one side in order to facilitate breathing PWE, then let the seizure took place without any action that could endanger the PWE.

After the seizure or attack occurs, PWE will feel extreme fatigue then let it rest. Then the environment can report to his immediate family, or in the event of recurrent attacks in a short time, can be immediately taken to hospital.

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But all this must be done with the nearby environmental conditions PWE during attacks in calm conditions.

"What is needed PWE it is my belief that he can move like normal people. Indeed, there are limitations can not physically as strong as the others, but it is very likely that people generally." Aska said.