Disability in Society

Keeping Kids Healthy: Epilepsy: One In A Hundred

Do you often catch your child starring off into space? Does she seem to be daydreaming for a moment? Does he often have a blank look on his face? Would you be able to tell if your child was having a petit mal epileptic seizure? More than one out of every hundred kids has epilepsy. Epilepsy is one of the most common disorders of the nervous system affecting more than 2.5 million Americans of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds. Join host, Dr. Winnie King as we explore epilepsy - a neurological condition that makes people susceptible to seizures. - a change in sensation, awareness, or behavior brought about by a brief electrical disturbance in the brain. Guests: Whitney King - teenager with epilepsy Mackenzie King - Whitney's younger sister, just diagnosed with epilepsy Kim King - Whitney's and Mackenzie's mother Solomon L. Moshe, MD - Director of Child Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore; New York, NY; Steven Wolf, MD -- Director of Pediatric Epilepsy at Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, NY; Erica Doyle - Director of Education, Epilepsy Foundation, New York, NY Kelli Lerner - Mediator for weekly support group of teenage girls with epilepsy

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