I don’t talk about this much, but I think it’s time. This is what someone with epilepsy looks like. I live with something called simple partial epilepsy, which are also known as focal aware seizures.

If your child has a seizure, it's natural to have plenty of concerns about what exactly happened, why, and what comes next. There are treatments that can help, but a lot depends on the cause of the ...

Seizures are divided into two main types - generalised and partial. This is based on the International classification of epileptic seizures proposed by the Commission on Classification and Terminology ...

When you have epilepsy, there's a chance you might have an aura before you have a seizure. An aura is a feeling, experience, or movement that just seems different. It can also be a warning that a ...

The World Health Organization estimates that more than 50 million people worldwide have some form of epilepsy, a neurological disorder that is characterized by recurring episodes of seizure. While ...

Seizures may be of two main types, partial and generalized. There are four components of a seizure. Each of the four components are distinctly different and distinguished. Not all seizure types will ...

Updates to a 1980s classification system of epilepsies and seizure types, which identify several types of seizure not captured in the previous version, are expected to allow more fully informed ...

Epilepsy is a disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that can cause excess electrical activity in the brain. This excess activity can lead to sudden loss of consciousness, often accompanied by ...

A seizure is a sudden change in the brain's normal electrical activity. During a seizure, brain cells "fire" uncontrollably at up to four times their normal rate, temporarily affecting the way a ...

Impaired consciousness has long been considered the hallmark of epileptic seizures. Both generalized seizures and complex partial seizures are characterized by a multifaceted spectrum of altered ...

The patient was a 61-year-old right handed male with past medical history notable for a left parietal anaplastic oligodendroglioma (WHO grade III) status after partial resection with chronic ...

Epilepsy surgery has been shown to be an effective treatment for patients with intractable epilepsy. The only randomized controlled trial conducted in this setting to date found a dramatic advantage ...