Background
To celebrate International Day of Epilepsy, International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) have jointly produced an International Epilepsy Day mascot. Campi is a cute little seahorse who has epilepsy. The seahorse is associated with to epilepsy as its shape resembles the Hippocampus, that part of the brain which is very often related to the onset of seizures and epilepsy.
Content
Based on the wonderful animations, music and contents of the two educational series, Epilepsy Foundation of Hong Kong has the consent of IBE to reproduce the animations for educational purpose. It is expected to raise public awareness of International Epilepsy Day, understand more on epilepsy, and provide positive support to persons with epilepsy. Hence, the content and animations have been finetuned with the local context for Hong Kong in order to maximize the use of epilepsy resources for public awareness and to avoid reinventing the wheel.
The Hong Kong adaptation of the IBE animated series currently consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 explains ‘What is epilepsy?’. Chapter 2 describes ‘The Brain and Epilepsy’, Chapter 3 highlights ‘Epilepsy and First Aid’ and finally Chapter 4 talks about ‘Getting along with persons with epilepsy’. Subtitles are provided both in Chinese (Traditional Complex) and English. Audio is in Cantonese.
Acknowledgement
The Epilepsy Foundation of Hong Kong expresses special thanks to the IBE for providing permission to adapt the education video series to promote epilepsy and to Mr Ross Bugden for the wonderful music in the videos.
Remarks
Since 2010, with the support of Food and Health Bureau and Hospital Authority of Hong Kong, the Chinese terminology of epilepsy has been renamed from “癲癇“ to 腦癇”. It is to provide a more effective education to the public that epilepsy is a common neurological disorder and to facilitate persons with epilepsy to seek medical consultation and timely treatment.
Chapter 1: What is epilepsy?
50 million people in the world have epilepsy. Hong Kong about 60,000 -70,000 people have epilepsy. Causes include meningitis during birth, stroke, brain injury and unknown. Over 70% of the persons with epilepsy will not have seizures with medications. Second Monday of February of every year is International Epilepsy Day.
Chapter 2: The Brain and Epilepsy
Seizure activities last only for a very a short time. Person with epilepsy usually can resume their activities. In the human brain, there are many neurons. They are very closely connected and send signals to each other. With the commands by the brain, our body can function in good order, but when these neurons, they have very short and abnormal electric discharges, affecting the functions of the brain like a short circuit. Seizure activities last only for a very a short time, person with epilepsy usually can resume their activities soon.
Chapter 3: Epilepsy and First Aid
If a seizure occurs, what should be done? During tonic-clonic seizures, the person will experience stiffening and shaking of limbs, or may lose consciousness, but they will return to normal soon. Your help is very important. Don’t put anything in their mouths, including medications and water. They will not bit off their tongues during the seizures. Please don’t put spoons, fingers or chopsticks into their mouths. As for “focal seizures”, they only last for a few seconds or a few minutes which are not easily identified by others. We only need to stay with them until they become conscious.
Chapter 4: Getting along with persons with epilepsy
Should persons with epilepsy stay at home for safety reasons? As a friend of a person with epilepsy, what should one pay attention to when getting along with them? Persons with epilepsy can also work, go to school and enjoy lives, If they are going to participate in certain activities, like cycling and hiking, etc,
Presence of their family members or friends may help them to be more safe. Just get along with them ordinarily. It is important to understand epilepsy and the ways to deal handle seizures. If needs arise, assistance can be provided properly.
Introduction
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases, affecting nearly 50 million people of all ages around the world. International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) and International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) have produced a series of animations to raise the awareness of epilepsy. With the consent and authorization from IBE and ILAE and based on the current series of animations, Epilepsy Foundation of Hong Kong is reproducing the series with the selected content, music and animations, and provide bi-lingual subtitles (in Traditional Chinese and English) so as to enhance the understanding of epilepsy in Hong Kong. These animations serve as free educational materials to build an epilepsy-friendly society in Hong Kong.
Production and Acknowledgement
This animated video is produced and owned by Epilepsy Foundation of Hong Kong with consent and authorization from International Bureau for Epilepsy.
Sources
https://internationalepilepsyday.org/campi/ with music by Ross Bugden
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