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EPILEPTIC FIT – GENERAL INFORMATION
Following the attack, the person will recover, usually in a matter of minutes. There is no need to summon an ambulance or a doctor unless one fit follows on top of another or the person does not regain consciousness within 10 minutes.
If you remain calm and protect the epileptic from danger during the fit, on recovery he will usually be able to tell you who he is and whether he has had these before.
If so, once he has recovered, he is usually able to go about his business. If the fit is the first one, medical help should be sought.
A few who have epilepsy may suffer severe and persistent convulsions and may be mentally retarded. These may require institutional care and be unemployable. These cases are difficult to manage but they are in the minority.
Epilepsy in itself is not an inherited disorder, although a low threshold to attacks may run in families. The children of epileptics have one chance in 40 of developing the disorder, whereas generally the risk is one in 200.
It is important for all of us to remember that the great majority of those with epilepsy can have this controlled by drugs and lead normal lives.
If you suffer from this disorder or have a relative or friend who does, or if you are an employer and reluctant to employ an epileptic, contact the Epilepsy Association or Foundation in your State.
What they offer the epileptic is hope, what they offer the community is knowledge, what they ask in return is understanding.
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