<p>When most people think of seizures, they picture the muscles of the body tightening and</p><p>shaking. In fact, seizures can occur with no body movements, with only mild movements,</p><p>or as “tonic-clonic” events characterized by full-body convulsions and loss of</p><p>consciousness. While science has come to understand how the brain produces these</p><p>uncontrollable directives, there is still a good deal of controversy as to why they happen. In</p><p>this book, Dr. Ralph Pelligra provides an intriguing view of why seizures take place, and</p><p>more important, what can be done to prevent them from occurring.</p><p>Seizures can be caused by a variety of factors. They can result from low blood sugar, fever,</p><p>drugs, drug and alcohol withdrawal, electrolyte abnormalities, infections, brain tumors,</p><p>trauma, stroke, kidney failure, or a lack of oxygen. They can also occur in any normal child</p><p>or adult human. Yet, in all these causes, while we may know what triggers these seizures to</p><p>start, we don’t know why the brain reacts in the way it does. In this book, Dr. Pelligra offers</p><p>a clear and simple answer to the question “why?” Currently, the mainstay of treatment for</p><p>seizures is the use of so-called</p><p><i><i>anti-epileptic drugs</i></i>, or <i><i>AEDs</i></i></p><p>. While these prescription</p><p>medications suppress seizures in about two-thirds of all patients, they do not treat the</p><p>underlying cause and are not without their own potentially dangerous side effects. By</p><p>controlling the symptoms without determining the root cause, Dr. Pelligra believes we may</p><p>be doing more harm than good.</p><p>In</p><p><i><i>Seizure Prevention Without Drugs</i></i></p><p>, Dr. Pelligra provides an approach that controls</p><p>seizures by adjusting the brain’s behavior so that it once again functions normally—without</p><p>side effects and without medication.</p>