Show 10 B THE RICHFIELD REAPER Epilepsy In The Elderly Wednesday April 20 ISU By Elaine Blackburn Administrator Richfield Care Center Although many people think of epilepsy as a disease of children the g rate of epilepsy is as high or higher in the over age 65 than those under age five and more than one percent of the population over age 65 is under treatment for epilepsy a proportion higher than any other age group More than five percent of residents in skilled nursing facilities are being treated for epilepsy An epileptic seizure may be defined as an abnormal and excessive excitation of a group of brain cells Epilepsy is characterized as a tendency for recurrent seizures in the absence of an obvious insult to the brain There are many factors which are newly-occurrin- Elsinore Legion Auxiliary Hears Rep Johnson brovascular insult about one in 10 individuals will experience a seizure In the past it had been thought that the early or acute seizures were more likely to occur with certain types of stroke but recent studies suggest that the type of stroke isn't important The size of the stroke and the area of the brain affected may be predictors however and seizures may be more frequent in individuals who suffer from a hemorrhage People who have suffered a increase stroke have a twenty-fol- d in risk of developing epilepsy when compared with those who haven't This means that 14 to 20 percent of individuals who survive a stroke can be expected to develop epilepsy Most who will develop epilepsy experience their first seizure within two years of a stroke Source: W Allen Hausser MD Cerebrovascular Disease" associated w ith the development of epilepsy The most important factors in adults are strokes infections of the central nervous system head injury brain tumors and degenerative diseases of the brain For the majority of individuals with epilepsy no definite cause can be identified When a cause is identified a history of cerebrovascular disease including CVA (stroke) seems to be more frequent than any other single cause The brain may respond to a variety of insults including a stroke in only two wavs First the injured area may cease to function resulting in paralysis alteration of sensory function or cognitive and speech difficulties Second the injured area may also become overactive resulting in seizures or convulsions It is not surprising that at the time of an insult to the brain such as a stroke these two features frequently coexist In fact at the time of a cere- - ELSINORE — Rep Met Johnson Harmony) spoke to the Elsinore Unit 75 American Legion Auxiliary April 13 in Elsinore to an audience consisting of a large number of South Sev ier High School (R-Ne- w students enrolled in Daniel Robinson's history class Rep Johnson alerted them to the dangers placed upon the individual by uncontrolled government and other agencies operating under the government auspices resulting in loss of freedom to enjoy the natural resources of public lands and causing an imminent financial burden to be placed upon Utah residents especially upcoming generations He then opened his meeting to a question and answer period Also on the program were two choruses from the high school music department under the direction of Marilyn Erickson The next meeting of the Elsinore Unit American Legion Auxiliary will be held May II at 7 pm in the Old White Rock School House 15 East 200 North Elsinore with the featured Gwendolyn speaker District Six presi- Jacobson dent Contestants For Piute County Dairy Princess Nine cirK will compete for the Piute Count) Dairy Princess pnl 22 in the Piute High School auditorium at 8 p m title ot Mis' dinner will be held from 6 It) 1M) p in for the girls their parents anil IikuI dairymen and their A ies Contestants are F ay e Torgerson daughter of Chad and Ann lorgerson ku Met Butler daughter ol Phelan and Siu Butler Julie McDonald who lives with Shane and Jill Sorensen and is a daughter ot Kim and Bettie McDonald Nampa Ida Toma Lee daughter of Mary Lee Nicole Westwood daughter of Dan and Terecea Westwood Priscilla Hampton daughter of Robert and Vanya Hampton Bobbiejo Bird daughter of Steven and Pauline Bird Julianne Norman daughter of S Val and Ranae T Norman and Jacie Johnson daughter ot Randy and Jodi Johnson The reining Piute County Dairy Princess Michelle Christensen will he present PFAFF fA & 0DD©onDDDfSo ''1f ?'"P Gorman lew MARCIA'S - 44 W 100 N Richfield Open am to 6 pm Monday - Saturday 896-835- 4 9 Feature-paCK- e High performance economy sewing machine built to demanding PFAFF standards at all you get for a super low price! 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