Epilepsy-Description

=__Description:__=
 * A name for many seizure disorders
 * This is not a disease
 * Can be caused by a disease
 * And is not contagious
 * It is a life long condition
 * Is a disorder of the brain and nervous system
 * Temporary change in brain activity
 * Can fire off way too many messages to the brain to fast

__History of this disorder:__

 * Epilepsy has been around since the beginning of time
 * The Greeks and Egyptions thought that people with epilepsy were prophets
 * Prophets are people who can see the future
 * They thought that the people who had it were gifted
 * When someone had a seizure they thought that the gods were intering their body
 * But during the middle ages they thought that people with epilepsy were evil
 * And that demons caused the seizures

__Citation Information:__
Title of Book: Epilepsy City of Publication: Mankato, Minnesota Author: Judith Peacock Date of Publication: 2000 Page Numbers: 5-10

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