What organs are affected by epilepsy?

Epilepsy (apasmara) is a central nervous system condition. Epilepsy can damage many different systems throughout the body and trigger seizures. In this article:
- You are given information about how epilepsy affects your organs
- You learn about the harmful effects of antiepileptic drugs,
- We will inform you about an extremely rare epilepsy syndrome that primarily damages the digestive system.
- Research confirms the existence of brain damage caused by seizures.
- You will get some tips on how Ayurveda can help you with all this.

The autonomic nervous system manages functions that you don't have control over, such as breathing, heartbeat, and digestion. Seizures can disturb this system, resulting in symptoms such as these:
          • palpitations in the chest;
          • slow, rapid, or irregular pulse
          • breathing stops
          • sweating
          • loss of consciousness

Respiratory system

A seizure's aftereffects can impact a person's breathing function. Shortness of breath and coughing are common symptoms of epilepsy. Choking can happen at any time (although this is rare. It is critical to remove any food or chewing gum from the seizure patient's mouth.) In the long run, a patient is more likely to acquire other difficulties due to the ailment, which may include heart disease and stroke. Breathing interruptions during seizures can result in abnormally low oxygen levels, contributing to a sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Check this article if you want to know how to control seizures with Pranayama, a yoga-based breathing technique.

Circulatory system

Seizures can disrupt the heart’s natural rhythm, causing it to beat excessively slowly, too fast, or sporadically. This is known arrhythmia, and an irregular heartbeat can be extremely dangerous and even fatal. Some occurrences of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), according to experts, are triggered by a change in heart rhythm.
Epilepsy can be caused by problems with blood arteries in the brain. To function correctly, the brain needs oxygen-rich blood. Seizures can be triggered by damage to the brain's blood arteries, such as a stroke or bleeding.

The muscular system

During a seizure, the brain's mixed and disturbed signals contract and unpredictable relax the muscles. This creates a breakdown in muscular tone and frequently causes a person to fall unexpectedly. Some patients may shout or scream soon before having a seizure. This is due to the muscles surrounding the voice chords contracting and abruptly forcing air out. The force can sound similar to a deliberate cry or scream.
The muscles that allow you to walk, leap, and lift objects are controlled by the neurological system. Muscles can become floppy or tighter than usual during some forms of seizures, and tonic seizures cause muscles to tense, jerk, and twitch involuntarily. Atonic seizures are characterized by an abrupt decrease in muscular tone and floppiness.

Reproductive system

Although most people with epilepsy can have children, the disorder causes hormonal changes in both men and women that can interfere with fertility. Reproductive issues are two to three times more likely in those with epilepsy than those who do not have the illness.
     • Epilepsy can disturb a woman's menstrual cycle, causing her periods to be erratic or to stop entirely.
      • Women with epilepsy are more likely to have the polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD), a significant cause of infertility.
     • About 40% of men with epilepsy have low testosterone levels, the hormone responsible for sexual desire and sperm production.
      • The illness can potentially interfere with pregnancy. During pregnancy, some women have more seizures. Having a seizure increases your chances of falling, and miscarriage and premature childbirth.

The harmful effects of antiepileptic drugs

Some people with epilepsy may develop chronic renal damage as a result of antiepileptic drug side effects. This could be due to AED nephrotoxicity. The majority of AEDs are removed through the kidneys and liver. Renal failure can cause a buildup of some AEDs or their active metabolites, which can lead to clinical toxicity.
      • Although epilepsy itself does not effect on bones, the medications used to treat it can weaken them. Osteoporosis and an increased risk of fractures can result from bone loss, especially if you fall while having a seizure.
      • Several of these antiepileptic drugs have been associated with an increased risk of birth abnormalities during pregnancy.
      Note: If a woman's epilepsy is closely managed and treated during pregnancy, she can have a healthy pregnancy and give birth to a healthy baby.
      • Epilepsy medicines can also reduce a man's libido and sperm count.

Although not everyone with epilepsy should take medication, there is an alternative for everyone. At the Neeraj Epilepsy Clinic, we treat our patients with an Ayurvedic approach. We have core Expertise with Ayurveda, Nature Therapy, and Allopathy to treat seizures and help improve patients ’quality of life and achieve a seizure-free life.
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Digestive system

Seizures and antiepileptic medicines can impair the passage of food through the digestive tract, resulting in symptoms such as:       • belly discomfort
      • acid reflux (heartburn)
      • nausea and vomiting
      • breathing pauses
      • indigestion
      • loss of bowel control

Observations on Abdominal Epilepsy

Abdominal epilepsy is an extremely rare epilepsy syndrome that is more likely to arise in youngsters. Seizures in abdominal epilepsy primarily damage the digestive system, resulting in abdominal discomfort.

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Epilepsy in the Abdomen?
      • stomach pain, generally acute or cramping and lasting seconds to minutes;
      • nausea and/or vomiting;
      • weariness, lethargy, or sleep after seizures;
      • altered level of awareness, such as disorientation or unresponsiveness; and
      • generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

What Causes Epilepsy in the Abdomen? Nobody knows. Because the illness is so uncommon, no high-quality research exists.

Seizures: do they cause brain damage, and what did the researchers propose?

Prolonged seizures, also known as status epilepticus, have long been documented to kill brain cells and cause other damage, according to scientific evidence and studies.

Seizures and brain injury can have a cyclical association. Seizures, on the one hand, can cause brain injury; on the other hand, brain injury can cause seizures later in life.

Methode
One technique to test if seizures cause harm is to look for fewer nerve cells in certain brain locations in epileptic animals (mice, rats). The cells are counted using advanced computerized statistical analysis, a method called unbiased stereology. This approach, however, poses substantial technical problems because the brain (unlike other organs) has irregularly shaped structures with a diverse range of cell types.

Results
Seizures in infancy have been shown in animal research to have a negative impact on adult learning and memory capacity. Experiments with animal models of prolonged febrile seizures in infancy (seizures caused by high fevers) have revealed that this form of seizure can cause long-term alterations in brain structure and function.
A recent study also reveals that smaller, repeated seizures can contribute to nerve cell injury in the brain. This is linked to cognitive deterioration and a decrease in the patient's quality of life.

Conclusion
These investigations have revealed that specific populations of brain cells may die following a single or series of short seizures.

How can Ayurveda help to prevent the failure of organs?

Ayurveda offers practical and effective ways to calm your nervous system:
      • Meditation
      • Simple yoga exercises
      • Easy to learn breathing techniques
      • Massage
      • Consumption of herbs
      • Paying attention to eating right
      • Relaxing sleep

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