The American doctors, on the other hand, want the Hmong to use American medicines and treatments, and the Hmong have no idea what these treatments are, or how they will benefit their daughter. What happens as the two cultures collide is a comedy of errors and misunderstanding, except that it is not funny, and Lia pays the price in the end...
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However, in cultures around the world and throughout time, from the Hmong to the ancient Greeks, epilepsy opens pathways to creativity and an increased understanding of the universe. Thus, as Fadiman points out, many epileptics become shamans. When Lia Lee first started having epileptic seizures, her mom Foua, speaking not a word of English, rushed her to the Merced Community Medical Center...
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Epilepsy While epilepsy cannot currently be cured, for some people it does eventually go away. Most seizures do not cause brain damage. It is not uncommon for people with epilepsy, especially children, to develop behavioral and emotional problems, sometimes the consequence of embarrassment and frustration or bullying, teasing, or avoidance in school and other social setting...	3 / 601
epilepsy Under partial seizures, there are simple partial seizures where consciousness is not impaired, and complex partial seizures, where it is impaired. Under generalized seizures there are 6 types: absence seizures (where the person becomes vacant for a short time), also known as petit mal, myoclonic seizures (which involve a brief muscle contraction less than 1/10 of a second), clonic seizures (regularly repeating muscle contractions at about 2-3 per second), tonic seizures (continuous contraction of the muscles), tonic-clonic seizures (involve an initial contraction of the muscles and possible absence of breathing, then a clonic stage), also known as grand mal, and atonic seizures (a loss of muscle tone, the person falls to the ground...	3 / 617
Analysis Jeff and Karen looked at each other. "That sounds sort of like what's happening to Jerrod," Jeff said. "Yes, it does. But let's not jump to any conclusions...	2 / 311
Epilepsy Having a seizure does not necessarily mean that a person has epilepsy. Only when a person has had two or more seizures is he or she considered to have epilepsy...	10 / 2616