Interview about epilepsy by Professor Joseph ROGERS of the Saint-Paul Centre in Marseille. He approaches the presentation of this disease from different angles: the care by drugs, the danger of their interractions, the importance of the psychological aspect of patients in the evolution of their disease. The interview is punctuated by the views of children in a classroom, some of whom wear electrodes, of a patient treated in an examination room.
A particular form of epilepsy only affects children, the syndrom "Lennox-Gastaud". At the American hospital in Reims, a new drug, Lamotrigine is in the testing phase. A child’s hospital views during care and interview with Professor Jacques MOTTE, the child’s neurology, explains: "From the moment these seizures appear, children regress, no longer learn (...) and so far no treatment was effective in this epilepsy...".
Guy GREMILLET, who has been epileptic for 32 years, is going to test a new drug at Toul University Hospital. Interview with Guy GREMILLET, Hervé VESPIGNANI, President of the French League against epilepsy, Françoise GREMILLET.
Invited on the show to talk about her illness, Quaranta discusses her first epileptic seizures at the age of 12. She explains that her mother, on the recommendation of the principal of her school, took her away from the school.
Interviewed, Jean-Raoul PLAUSSU, author of the book "Epileptics? And then!" tells the origin and evolution of his disease. He gives the reasons why he decided to write a book on the subject: "...I realized that epilepsy was still very little known in France...".
Interviewed on epilepsy, Professor Jean-Philippe NEAU, neurologist at CHU de Poitiers, talks about this pathology experienced daily by patients: "...there are when 8 out of 10 epileptics manage to have a job (...) thanks to the treatment 7 out of 10 patients are totally relieved of their disease by taking a simple drug".
Report at the Teppe Epileptic Treatment and Rehabilitation Centre in Tain l'Hermitage, in the Drôme. The centre offers training for patients in various workshops, to reintegrate them into working life. Testimonies of Pierre BERTHOIN, educator, patients and doctor Jean-Pierre GRATADOU.