Dr. Siddharth Kharkar, MBBS, MD Neurology (ABPN, USA), MHS
Which is the best DBS device? Actually, no DBS device has been proven to the best. All DBS devices are very good. Newer devices provide many additional features. But whether these additional features help patients in the real world is not known. Let us learn about these issues. Which companies manufacture Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) … Read more
This is an article from the Safe Pregnancy in Epilepsy patient guide. Seizure medications can cause birth defects. It is important to choose one of the seizure medications safe in pregnancy. The safest antiepileptic in pregnancy needs to be carefully selected for each woman. It needs to minimize both seizures and birth defects. Valproate has … Read more
The Best Pain Medication for Parkinson’s Disease we have are very effective in controlling the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. But wouldn’t it be great to have some intervention that would slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease? 1. Rasagiline/Selegiline: These work by suppressing an enzyme called “MAO-B” in the brain. There are two studies that suggest … Read more
अपस्मारच्या झटक्याचा अर्थ (Seizure meaning in Marathi) आहे मेंदू मध्ये अनियंत्रित इलेक्ट्रिसिटी चा झटका येणे, ज्याच्या मुले विचित्र लक्षण दिसून येतात. आपल्या सर्वांना हे माहिती आहे कि अपस्मारच्या झटक्यात शरीर जोर-जोरात हळू शकता. पण तुम्हाला हे माहिती आहे का, कि अपस्मारच्या अनियंत्रित इलेक्ट्रिसिटी मुळे अगदी कोणता हि लक्षण होऊ शकते?? अश्या बऱ्याच लक्षणांना डॉक्टरांनी नावे … Read more
What is “Syncope”? “Syncope” means loss of consciousness due to decreased blood supply to the brain. “Syncope” is the most important and common Seizure Mimic. Some events look almost precisely like seizures but are not seizures. These events are called “Seizure Mimics”, and may be mistaken for seizures. There is NO electrical surge in the … Read more
What are “Epilepsy Syndromes”? As physicians started to study Epilepsy, they realized that certain group of characteristics could be used to predict which kind of seizures the patient would get, whether the Epilepsy would be controlled with medications, how long it would last etc etc… Therefore – without knowing what was the exact cause of … Read more
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Ex-Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, USA
