Franklin High School - Molecule Yearbook (Franklin, VT)

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«■ talking about most of the tine. We have to put up with them, I guess, so let's make the best of it and show then that we really are adults! Ruth Ann Magnant '67 leat.o 7- ado’it yjnrcrNE Many people do not under- stand the things of epilepsy. Penns a of the ignorance of it, r. ey fear it. Today 00 per cent of epileptics seizures are controllable by drugs. Educating the public may help in many ways. There are sever- al types of epilepsy, from grand nal to petit mal. With petit mal a person may talk with any other person and suddenly go silent and last stare into space. Some others throw tantrums or sieges of temper. Toople with migraine headaches are susceptible to epilepsy, because such head- aches can precede an epileptic attack. Scientist do not know the actual causes of epilepsy, but the; think maybe it comas from some type of injury. A mild typo of epll sy - petit mal- o£fe-»n eftrr4i ta an -ditavy factor. Some children outgrow theso seizures and some develop into grand mal or mixed types of seizures. A perron affected, rarely shows intellectual ac emotional deterioration and i« essential- ly like everyone else. The grand mal sei zure usu- ally has a twitching mevernent. -c oy muscle in the body being involved in violent convulsive with foamy saliva . faring eyes, and urination. There are machines today that will detect the typos of epiletic siezures. They put a person into cne cf the seizures so the doctors can study and measure the attacks. Epilepsy is caused by brief, recurrent episodes of abnormal energy roleased by the injured or functionally inpaired brain cells, resulting in so-called seizures. These seizures nay occur at intervals. The lehgth of time between at- tacks vary from ono day, one to two years, or 200 or 300 days. Epilepsy does not cause insanity. It is not cc.csid sred he re i t a ry, a 1 though th e ten- -.icy or predisposition may- be found in certain types. Eighty.per cent can and do lend .a i lives. Men and women with epilepsy are employable and children v'ith epolepsy should attend regular school classes. When people understand and acr.opt these facts, then we will have erased the wide- spread . misunderstand ir.g a ad ignorance about epilepsy. Then we will have a great step in the science of medicine. Lynda Eiwcod '67 7, • «kb ' y.V p SEASONS Tfe sQ GREETINGS RvOO-- i'c hf y ff ff v. w c; if “cy

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