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   Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • What is Epilepsy?
  • What Causes Epilepsy?
  • Types of Seizures
  • Kinds of Epilepsy
  • When Are Seizures Not Epilepsy?
  • Diagnosing Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Prevention
  • Epilepsy Treatment
  • How Does Epilepsy Affect Daily Life?
  • Risks Associated With Epilepsy
  • Epilepsy Research
  • What to Do if Someone is Having a Seizure
  • Conclusion
  • Keeping on Top of Your Condition
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    Few experiences match the drama of a convulsive seizure. A person having a severe seizure may cry out, fall to the floor unconscious, twitch or move uncontrollably, drool, or even lose bladder control. Within minutes, the attack is over, and the person regains consciousness but is exhausted and dazed. This is the image most people have when they hear the word epilepsy. However, this type of seizure - a generalized tonic - clonic seizure is only one kind of epilepsy. There are many other kinds, each with a different set of symptoms.

    Epilepsy was one of the first brain disorders to be described. It was mentioned in ancient Babylon more than 3,000 years ago. The strange behavior caused by some seizures has contributed through the ages to many superstitions and prejudices. The word epilepsy is derived from the Greek word for "attack." People once thought that those with epilepsy were being visited by demons or gods. However, in 400 B.C., the early physician Hippocrates suggested that epilepsy was a disorder of the brainand we now know that he was right.

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