Shan,
The increased electrical activity does not cause a seizure,seizures are electrical messages between two neurons one message to another,a seizure take place when that electrical message is received by more than one other neuron.The cause of the increase of electrical activity is the cause of the seizure.The focus of seizure activity is the spot that the seizure begins.Seizure activity is likely to expand from that exact spot,sometimes a partial seizure travels between both hemispheres of the brain becoming a secondary generalized seizure.
Timothy Baldwin
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From: Shan <surpriseshan2@aol.com>
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 5:20:35 PM
Subject: [epilepsy] Re: The whole magnesium deficiency argument
I did not say that the scar tissue was caused by a magnesium deficiency. And a magnesium deficiency does not do that eihter. Maybe you should try reading again? You sure bombed out that time Do you have a reading problem or is it just comprehension?
blessings
Shan
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> You HAVE NO PROOF that the scar tissue was caused by a magnesium deficiency, it could have very well been an auto-immune response or a genetic disorder, or a metabolic disorder, or any number of deficiencies in the body, or any number of problems that neither you or I are qualified to predict. It could have been a result of trauma as a baby, you have no idea and you do not have the AUTHORITY to make such claims.
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> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: The whole magnesium deficiency argument
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