Seizures involve sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain. This can cause spasms or changes in awareness. But not every seizure means epilepsy.

Types of seizures are classified by onset or beginning of a seizure: focal, generalized, or unknown. Learn about the new classification of seizure types.

Seizures can take on many different forms, and seizures affect different people in different ways. Anything that the brain does normally can also occur during a seizure when the brain is activated by …

Epilepsy, the fourth most common neurological disorder, affects people of all ages and can cause unpredictable seizures. Learn more from the Epilepsy Foundation.

More serious problems, such as broken bones, concussions, head injury with bleeding into the brain, or breathing problems, usually are seen in people who have generalized seizures with falls, long …

La epilepsia es una enfermedad del sistema nervioso que provoca en las personas ataques repentinos en el cerebro como convulsiones violentas, movimientos incontrolables o pérdida del conocimiento …

Late Seizures Seizures which occur more than a week after a traumatic brain injury are considered late seizures. Most often when this happens, it is because there has been more serious injury to brain …

Hearing about seizures and epilepsy for the first time can be frightening and confusing. For someone recently diagnosed, a caregiver, or a loved one, the New to Seizures and Epilepsy Toolkit is a great …

An absence seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. They are often mistaken for daydreaming but cannot be interrupted.

Emotional stress can lead to changes in seizures. Feelings of fear, anxiety, & anger. There are ways to manage feelings & decrease seizures.