Seizures, one of the common things we see around us. At home, or in public, seizures can start anywhere causing person to lose consciousness sometimes. And if you have kids suffering from seizures, the challenges can be extreme.
Epilepsy
Epilepsy, a disorder that causes seizures, is widely growing these days. With the reports shown on TV or in newspaper or online sites, the count of people suffering from Epileptic conditions is increasing worldwide. What worries the most, that there is no such cure for Epilepsy. With medication and dietary changes, these rare Epileptic conditions can be treated to some extent.
Medication
However, these medications don’t work all the time. In case of extreme nature of Epileptic conditions like Dravate and Doose syndrome, infantile, cortical dysplasia, and many other; the seizures can be frequent from hundreds to thousands seizures in a week. Traditional pharmaceuticals have continuously found ineffective in such cases. In fact, some times, these medications make the problem worse. With no other option working, people have started using high-CBD cannabis extracts and have found it rather helpful.
Cannabinoids
Cannabidiol is one of the cannabinoids made from the cannabis plant and has been found more beneficial than high-THC cannabis oil. It has found in the research indicating neuroprotectant that high-CBD cannabis oil is not only antipsychotic but also anti-inflammatory, anti-diabetic and anti-ischemic among the other properties.
High-CBD cannabis extract contains high quantity of cannabinoids that are orally ingested rather than smoked. This process of ingesting high-CBD cannabis maintains the medicinal chemicals, and it delivers in the body via digestive system than respiratory system. It makes the cannabis extract more effective.
There has been many reports and new regarding the use of restorative cannabis in 2013 on CNN, ABC and CBS. The tests say that CBD cannabis extract has panacea like properties and it has turned out to be the most effective in rare epileptic conditions.
Young Patients
There was a report on CNN in 2013 about Charlotte Figi. Charlotte, a young Dravet disorder tolerant, was suffering from 300 thousand mal seizures in a week. None of the medications and dietary changes could diminish that number. Charlotte’s parents found out about high-CBD cannabis extract and after she was treated with CBD oil, Charlotte’s seizures lowered up to three minor seizures a month.
Upon getting a successful results in Charlotte’s case, Dr. Margaret Gedde, doctor at Colorado Springs, is been following 11 new patients of the Stanly Siblings, who are the suppliers of Charlotte’s high-CBD oil. And in 9 cases, they have found about 90-100% decreases in seizures which is rather a stunning and impactful result.
Many cases have shown the impact of high-CBD cannabis extracts repeatedly. More families have been getting the relief from this high-CBD drug, making their and their loved ones’ lives easier.