HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003 November as National Epilepsy Awareness Month
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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA
WHEREAS, Epilepsy, also known as Seizure Disorder, has afflicted mankind since the dawn
of our species and has been recognized since the earliest medical writings, and as long as 400 B.C.
Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, repudiated ancient beliefs that Epilepsy was a visitation from
the Gods and sacred or that it was a curse from the Gods that people afflicted with this disorder
held prophetic powers. Hippocrates believed that Epilepsy was a brain disorder, and
WHEREAS, a seizure is aS~9:s1grrr>\bn@f'atfaEk"l!)f'aIJ~r~gconsciousness, motor activity or
sensory phenome na. I.t.. .... i..S..... ~<:~.jg:n.:.............that,c.............,e. r...t....a.......:......~...:..m.i..,.;....'..:...I:bl1l'....."'....'...,.........in{;,i~jJ.~.S nei..ir6n$Ji",~re. ...d...... i..S cha rgi ng a n excessive
am~unt of el~ctrica.1 i..m.............p~J~.e.. ~: .....E.......'.Pi1~.. cl.j~:..n.'.....'.:.'."~;'jt...au; d .' ...,.......J......u e bta1Q:.lac......k.......... of oxy~en at birth,
brain t~mor, In fect....I..O}l,;flnd,, b....r......~......1 :.~...'..'.'...... . 'r.~ '.....J...l,.g...,..e.. '.;%1.".'1, n ,..six...t.. ..,...... ........r.....<;,'. '. ......... e cases>t:!z~ c....a......~s~ IS unkn~wn,
and Epilepsy can aJfect any~p~4, ge aQC,i"at"anyJlme"" ore t ~\,mllllon Amencans
are afflicted wit ...,' ,~type~~!;Epll.~psy:'bi this numbe'r,'lS:(}..QP'O ar a r~~,~nts; and with
the administr~ ticonvu.l~afit drugs, two thirds (66.66%) Of,t.l:'c?;Vi't\",Epilepsy are
drug controg'e //'" "\ };f! \"\
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'fHE,.da /QJeglJ<;:atiQn.a~out this disorder has contribut~ 'f{) ';, ol~! myths,
super.st..ii."dons .a e;. the stigm&'a$-sodated~~i!bt~ir,~~...; isorder is so~.e o~....... than
the dll,'rd)ltself, 1,;0 .' ". . l.. ~>'~ '\ \~'l
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per~trmi~~;; pr'ductivity, safety, co eration,;;:: attenda;)6e.,;..li1cl'):studies ca~ie\.in ~!the
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Spnngs, ~~ recognize ~~ember as. JL "J \~,l' .),./ J'
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~TIONAb,t:PILEPSY AWARENJ;S' MONl:JA/
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c;~?JI9'J{;;;e4Jtbe}<, 2008.
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John F. Bush
Mayor
Robert S. Miller
Deputy Mayor
Michael S. Blake
Commissioner
Edward Martinez, Jr.
Commissioner
Sally McGinnis
Commissioner
David W. McLeod
Commissioner