Epilepsy is a widely prevalent and well known neurological disorder that is commonly seen all over the world and statistics reveal that 2% of the American population approximately has been attacked by epilepsy. Epilepsy is characterized by, among other things, seizures, falling down on the ground, losing consciousness, at times convulsions etc. These are often commonly known as epileptic fits.
Epilepsy foundation
There is a voluntary health organization existing by the name of the Epilepsy Foundation which is dedicated to the comfortable living of epilepsy patients and which ensures that the epilepsy patients lead a normal and comparatively healthy life.
The function of the Epilepsy Foundation is to provide different types of services to epileptic patients along with their families, educate and advise those epileptics and show them how to lead a normal life, what to do and not to do, which medications to take, which diets to follow, who to contact in case of emergency and so on and so forth. It also functions as a kind of epilepsy support group that is much required for epilepsy patients. It is affiliated to National Health Council and International Bureau for Epilepsy.
This epilepsy foundation has several offices and franchises and is scattered throughout the world. That means, not only is the epilepsy foundation a domestic concern but it also operates on a pan international level. Each and every state of USA boasts of the presence of the epilepsy foundation such as Epilepsy Foundation of California, Epilepsy Foundation of Texas, and Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota etc.
Of course the epilepsy foundation extols a primary aim which may be defined as a concern for epilepsy patients as to whether they are participating in all the normal mainstream activities which healthy people perform. Another aspect of the epilepsy foundation that isn’t highlighted so much is the sponsoring of research and development of medicines and curative techniques and preventive measures that might cure the disease fast or root out the problem. It is also working towards bringing about an alteration in the laws and legislations of the country so that epileptics might get equal opportunities like other normal citizens.