Allan’s seizures usually occur while she's asleep. He makes a grunting sound, as if he's clearing his throat. Then he'll sit up in bed, open his eyes, and stare. He may clasp his hands together. If ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are two main types, partial and general. Partial seizures: Start in and affect just one part of the brain. During a simple partial seizure the person is awake and aware of what is happening. 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 ...

There are a number of common misconceptions surrounding epilepsy and people often think of it as a mental disorder. In fact, it is a physical neurological condition that does not affect the person's ...

Epilepsy, or a seizure disorder, is a medical condition in which there are periods of abnormal electrical brain activity. Seizures can cause a temporary change in a person’s physical behavior or ...

I am following a 12-year-old girl with a 4- to 5-year history of episodic severe periumbilical abdominal pain that is mostly spontaneously relieved after about 5-10 minutes. She experiences no ...

July 21, 2011 — Secondary generalized tonic clonic seizures (GTCSs) occur with almost a 30% greater frequency during anovulatory than during ovulatory phases of menstrual cycles, and women with these ...