epilepsy

was just curious how epilepsy is caused.
went to search for the website to check it out...

For Your Information:

Is there a cure for epilepsy?

There is no cure for epilepsy yet but there are many treatments available to reduce the frequency & severity of seizures. Brain surgery is a possible further consideration in certain situations when medication do not adequately control seizures.

[so there's no possibility that it will just end like that lah? hmmm...]

** Epilepsy can affect anyone at any time and any age.


Found This Kinda Shocking Information To Me:

Driving

In Singapore, under the current road Traffic Act, people with epilepsy are prohibited to drive any type of vehicles, regardless of whether they have been seizure free for 2 or more years. Such people must declare their epilepsy condition when applying for a driving license. Once declared, application will automatically be rejected. For those who have already obtained their driving licenses, it is their duty to inform the authorities should they develop epilepsy subsequently.

In 1997, the Singapore Medical Association prepared medical guidelines for medical practitioners in Singapore to assist them in advising and certifying their patients with regards to fitness to drive.

The guidelines recommended that people with epilepsy may be allowed to drive a private vehicle if a person has:

no structural brain lesion
normal EEG
been seizure free for 3 years and off all anti-epileptic drugs for at least 1 year.

For those who have seizures only during sleep, the minimal seizure free period is 2 years whilst for those who wants to drive public vehicle, the minimal seizure free period is 10 years. However, the guidelines recommended have not been implemented as the Road Traffic Act has yet to be amended.

[which means as long as you have or had epilepsy --- you cannot drive lah ~ the~~~

dots.. just make it straight lah...]

read some of the personal account of people living with epilepsy.
think I might wanna join an organisation and help those epileptics one day.
but the stuffs I know about epilepsy are so little.
haiz.