The type of seizure you have depends on what area and how much of the brain's electrical activity is affected.

This informational guide, part of POPSUGAR's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to ...

More than 3.4 million people in the United States are diagnosed with epilepsy, but researchers struggle to fully understand the spectrum of neurological disorders and its causes. Epilepsy is a general ...

Every year, India observes National Epilepsy Day on November 17 to raise awareness about epilepsy, a condition that affects the brain and causes sudden seizures or fits. The World Health Organization ...

Question: What causes epilepsy? Is it inherited? Answer: Epilepsy may be inherited, but it doesn't necessarily have to be. Beagles, keeshonds and dachshunds sometimes have epilepsy as an inheritable ...

Epilepsy affects over three million Americans. And while it develops most often in children and the elderly, there are causes and risk factors to be aware of at any age. November is National Epilepsy ...

An abnormal electrical discharge in the brain causes a seizure. There are different types, and each can cause different symptoms. A seizure may result from a medical condition or another issue, such ...

What Is an Absence Seizure?Absence seizures, formerly known as "petit mal" seizures, are brief episodes of impaired consciousness caused by abnormal electrical activity in the brain. These are a type ...

New findings may take scientists a step closer to understanding what causes SUDEP - Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy - a rare but fatal complication of epilepsy. There are about 3,000 deaths from ...

Q: My neighbor’s son was just diagnosed with KCNT1 seizures, and they said it was a very rare disorder. Aren’t seizures fairly common in children? A: The brain has many nerve cells that communicate ...