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 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.
What Is Status Epilepticus? | Emergency Seizures & Treatment
WEBA person goes into a repeated tonic-clonic seizures without recovering consciousness for a period of longer than 5 minutes. This type of status epilepticus is a medical emergency and requires treatment by a medical team in a hospital setting. This situation can be life-threatening and getting treatment started fast is vital.
Levetiracetam - Epilepsy Foundation
WEBFeb 22, 2023 · Levetiracetam is approved for use: As add-on therapy (with other seizure medicines) for children 1 month of age and older and adults with focal (partial) seizures. As add-on therapy for children 12 years and older and adults for treatment of myoclonic seizures from juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. As add-on therapy for children 6 years and …
Myoclonic Seizures & Syndromes | Epilepsy Foundation
WEBJuvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) seizures usually involve the neck, shoulders, and upper arms. In many patients the seizures most often occur soon after waking up. They usually begin around puberty or sometimes in early adulthood in people with a normal range of intelligence. In most cases, these seizures can be well controlled with medication ...
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 ...
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 …
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 ...
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WEBThe Epilepsy Foundation is your unwavering ally on your journey with epilepsy and seizures. The Foundation is a community-based, family-led organization dedicated to improving the lives of all people impacted by seizures. We are here for you.