Types of Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBFocal seizures can start in one area or group of cells in one side of the brain. Focal onset aware seizures: When a person is awake and aware during a seizure, it’s called a focal aware seizure. This used to be called a simple partial seizure. Focal onset impaired awareness: When a person is confused or their awareness is affected in some way ...
What Is Epilepsy? | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBEpilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurring, unprovoked seizures. Your doctor may diagnose you with epilepsy if you have two unprovoked seizures or one unprovoked seizure with a high risk of more. Not all seizures are the result of epilepsy. Seizures may relate to a brain injury or a family trait, but often the cause is completely unknown.
What Happens During a Seizure? | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBCommon symptoms during a seizure. Awareness, Sensory, Emotional or Thought Changes: Loss of awareness (often called “black out”) Confused, feeling spacey. Periods of forgetfulness or memory lapses. Distracted, daydreaming. Loss of consciousness, unconscious, or “pass out”. Unable to hear.
Epilepsy Treatment - Epilepsy Foundation
WEBAlthough there is no known cure for epilepsy, developments in treatment have made it possible for most people to achieve seizure control. The first treatment step is usually to find the right medicine or Anti-Epileptic Drug (AED). If seizures continue to happen, other treatments like devices, dietary therapies, or surgery can help control seizures.
Seizure Medication List - Epilepsy Foundation
WEBSeizure Medication List. Before receiving a prescription, your healthcare team will discuss side effects, any allergies you may have, and the type of medication that is right for you based on your seizure type or epilepsy syndrome. There are many different types of medications, and the seizure medication list below will help you understand them ...
Absence Seizures | Symptoms & Risks | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBA good description of what happened is important. Usually, this description comes from people who have seen the seizures: a parent, teacher, or other family member. If the events sound like seizures or other symptoms have happened, the doctor will order an EEG (electroencephalogram).The EEG checks the electrical activity in the brain for patterns usually seen in absence seizures.
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures PNES | Epilepsy Foundation
WEB5 to 20% of people with PNES may also have epileptic seizures or may have experienced seizures in the past that are under control on antiseizure drugs. When a diagnosis of PNES is made, it is common that antiseizure medications will be stopped by your provider. It is possible that unsuspected epilepsy may be found when antiseizure medicines are ...
Understanding Seizures | Is It Epilepsy? | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBSeizures involve sudden, temporary, bursts of electrical activity in the brain that change or disrupt the way messages are sent between brain cells. These electrical bursts can cause involuntary changes in body movement or function, sensation, behavior or awareness. Every brain has the potential to seize. A person with epilepsy has a lower ...
Tonic-Clonic Seizures - Epilepsy Foundation
WEBTonic-clonic seizures can start in one or both sides of the brain. When they start in both sides of the brain, they are called generalized onset motor seizures or a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. Both terms mean the same thing. When they start in one side of the brain and spread to affect both sides, the term focal to bilateral tonic-clonic ...
Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (TLE) | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBNeocortical or lateral temporal lobe epilepsy involves the outer part of the temporal lobe. Medial temporal lobe epilepsy usually begins around age 10 or 20, but it can start at any age. Usually a person has had a seizure with fever or an injury to the brain in their early years. There are a lot of older names for seizures that occur in TLE ...