SAT/23MAY15 TALK ON EPILEPSY BY PROF DATO DR RAYMOND AZMAN ALI, SENIOR CONSULTANT NEUROLOGIST

Kindly be advised that ADFM National Caregivers Support Network will be having a Talk on:

TOPIC:    EPILEPSY

SPEAKER:    Prof Dato Dr Raymond Azman Ali, Senior Consultant Neurologist, Dean, Medical Faculty UKM and Director, UKM Medical Centre

TIME/DATE:   2.30pm, Saturday, 23 May 2015

VENUE:   ADFM PJ Day-Care Centre, No. 6,Lorong 11/8E, Seksyen 11, 46200 Petaling Jaya

In his presentation, Prof Dato Dr Raymond Azman Ali will cover the causes of blackouts on the different types of seizures and the treatments.

What Is Epilepsy?

Epilepsy is a condition that affects the brain and causes repeated seizures, which were sometimes previously referred to as "fits".

Electrical activity is happening in our brain all the time. A seizure happens when there is a sudden burst of intense electrical activity in the brain. This is often referred to as epileptic activity. The epileptic activity causes a temporary disruption to the way the brain normally works, so the brain’s messages become mixed up. The brain is responsible for all the functions of your body. What happens to you during a seizure will depend on where in your brain the epileptic activity begins, and how widely and quickly it spreads.

There are many different types of seizure, and each person will experience epilepsy in a way that is unique to them.

COMPULSORY REGISTRATION:

(1)  The duly filled RegistrationForm to be submitted to jenny@adfm.org.my or Fax to 7960 8482.

(2)   If email, please provide complete details of Name/s, Mobile contact, email address, also indicate whether a caregiver or healthcare staff or seniors.  We will not confirm your registration if details are not complete.

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Thank you,

ADFM National Caregivers Support Network

10 May 2015