Epilepsy prognosis and home remedy

Condition analysis:
The prognosis on epilepsy depends exclusively on the cause of seizures. The Prognosis of seizures caused by some other disease will depend on the treatment success of the underlying disorder.

Known genetic epilepsy syndromes often have a pretty much predictable prognosis. Some of them are a lifetime struggle, others predictably resolve by a particular age or transform into a different type of seizures.

Not all types of seizures are genetic and none of genetic epileptic syndromes is guaranteed in the next generation. Having genetic form of epilepsy in the family only increases the chance of epilepsy, often just a few times above the population averages.

Instructions:
Home Remedies for Epilepsy: Though epilepsy is a medical condition and requires careful monitoring and medication under a doctor, there are some things that you can do at home to help yourself or someone dear to you who is suffering from epilepsy. These epilepsy home remedies are NOT substitutes to proper medication, but are like a supplementary support. Most of them work by preventing a seizure and other symptoms of epilepsy.

1. Magnesium Rich Foods: Research has revealed that a deficiency of magnesium in the body can trigger seizures in an epileptic person. Therefore, ensuring a diet rich in magnesium keeps you a step ahead of your next seizure. Foods rich in magnesium include cashew nuts, almonds and spinach. Make sure you make all or most of these magnesium rich foods a regular part of your diet. Chances are that your doctor, too, will have prescribed a magnesium supplement in your medication.

2. Ash Gourd: If you don’t recognize it by this name, perhaps you will recognize it by the name of petha. That’s right, the world renowned sweet delicacy made in India, since forever! The actual fruit is called ash gourd or winter-melon. Its benefits in treating epilepsy are well known in India. To use it, peel and grate an ash gourd. Squeeze properly to extract the juice from the fruit and to this, add some licorice powder. Make it a habit to drink a glass of this mixture everyday to get relief from epilepsy and keep the seizures at bay.