The McLaren Port Huron Epilepsy Clinic offers advanced diagnosis and treatment of seizures and epilepsy.
Epilepsy, which is sometimes called a seizure disorder, is a disorder of the brain. A person is diagnosed with epilepsy when they have had two or more seizures. Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder and affects people of all ages.
According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), epilepsy, also known as epilepsies, includes a spectrum of brain disorders ranging from benign to severe. In epilepsy, the normal pattern of neuronal activity becomes disturbed, causing strange sensations, emotions, and behavior or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms and loss of consciousness.
There are many possible causes of a seizure including but not limited to a brain tumor, stroke, head trauma, neurodegenerative disease. In addition, a significant portion of epilepsy is of unknown cause.
The goal at the McLaren Port Huron Epilepsy Clinic is for each patient to be seizure free and to have no side effects. With the correct diagnoses and treatment plan, the majority of all patients with epilepsy can lead independent and productive lives.