Novel Childhood Absence Epilepsy Treatment options are helping in recovering absence seizures and impaired consciousness
Childhood Absence Epilepsy is a rare form of the cerebral disorder, which affects mainly adolescents and children. Recent research by Norwegian researchers found that up to 10% of the general population has some degree of sporadic absenteeism. Children and adolescents with this disease are said to have absence neurosis. Absence neurosis is characterized by children having lapses of concentration and attention when they are not in a position to recall things or events that happened at some point in their lives. They either forget what occurred or have difficulties in remembering it. Childhood Absence Epilepsy has many causes, and according to the researchers, one of them is the lack of a proper connection between different areas of the brain. The absence of a proper communication pathway between the left and right hemispheres of the brain is said to be a primary cause of the absence of neurosis. This neuropathy may begin from birth or may appear at some stage of life. It can aff...