Guidelines to follow for epilepsy medical care:
Level 1 care -an emergency room or primary care physician’s office. If seizures are not brought under control after 3 months with a primary care provider, it’s time for a neurologist.
Level 2 care - a neurologist; an internal medicine doctor for the brain. If seizures are not brought under control after 12 months of treatment with a trial of two medications alone or combined, request a referral from your physician to an Epilepsy Center.
EPILEPSY CENTER
Level 3 and 4 care
An Epilepsy center provides care to individuals with uncontrolled seizures. Approximately 30% of people continue to have seizures despite being on medication or experience unacceptable side effects from medicine. An Epilepsy Center is for you!
An Epilepsy Center’s comprehensive team has significant training in diagnosing and treating seizures, which includes many different kinds of doctors. These experts tackle seizures with thorough, progressive medical care and state-of-the-art advanced treatments.
Epilepsy Centers are categorized as a Level 3 or Level 4 Center. Click here to understand the differentiating features of epilepsy care.
Level 1 care -an emergency room or primary care physician’s office. If seizures are not brought under control after 3 months with a primary care provider, it’s time for a neurologist.
Level 2 care - a neurologist; an internal medicine doctor for the brain. If seizures are not brought under control after 12 months of treatment with a trial of two medications alone or combined, request a referral from your physician to an Epilepsy Center.
EPILEPSY CENTER
Level 3 and 4 care
An Epilepsy center provides care to individuals with uncontrolled seizures. Approximately 30% of people continue to have seizures despite being on medication or experience unacceptable side effects from medicine. An Epilepsy Center is for you!
An Epilepsy Center’s comprehensive team has significant training in diagnosing and treating seizures, which includes many different kinds of doctors. These experts tackle seizures with thorough, progressive medical care and state-of-the-art advanced treatments.
- Believe in no seizures, no side effects are achievable and expected!
- Believe in 100% seizure-free living, nothing less!
- Offers non-medication therapies including the ketogenic diet.
- Offers advanced testing and complete evaluations for routine care, laser ablation, neurostimulation treatments, and surgery.
- Specialize in rare epilepsies and genetic disorders.
- These centers are also for women who are pregnant or want to become pregnant.
- Epileptologist - a neurologist with specialized training in epilepsy and seizure disorders.
Epilepsy Centers are categorized as a Level 3 or Level 4 Center. Click here to understand the differentiating features of epilepsy care.
National Association of Epilepsy Centers - www.naec-epilepsy.org
My Seizures, Know More Tool - http://www.myseizuresknowmore.com/
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A self-help book about seizures, surgery recovery and its rewards.
Available: Amazon, Barnes & Noble online, Walmart.com