Types of Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Types of seizures are classified by onset or beginning of a seizure: focal, generalized, or unknown. Learn about the new classification of seizure types.
Understanding Seizures | Is It Epilepsy? | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Epilepsy is a neurological disease. A person with epilepsy is at higher risk for having more seizures. Sometimes people use the words “seizure disorder” to describe epilepsy. Some key facts include: A diagnosis of epilepsy does not define the cause or the outlook. Epilepsy is a spectrum disorder.
What Happens During a Seizure? - Epilepsy Foundation
网页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 seizure discharges. Some people call this activity “electrical storms” in …
Tonic-Clonic Seizures | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Tonic-clonic seizures, previously grand mal, cause loss of consciousness. Next, legs jerk rapidly, bending and relaxing at the elbows, hips and knees.
网页F Seizure with loss of consciousness longer than 5 minutes, not responding to rescue med if available
Absence Seizures | Symptoms & Risks | Epilepsy Foundation
网页An absence seizure causes a short period of “blanking out” or staring into space. Like other kinds of seizures, they are caused by brief abnormal electrical activity in a person’s brain. An absence seizure is a generalized onset seizure, which means it begins in both sides of the brain at the same time. An older term is “petit mal ...
Seizure Medication List | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Seizure Medication List Before receiving a prescription, your healthcare team will discuss side effects, any allergies you may have, and the type of medication that is right for you based on your seizure type or epilepsy syndrome. There are many different types of medications, and the seizure medication list below will help you understand them better.
Myoclonic Seizures & Syndromes | Epilepsy Foundation
网页Myoclonic seizures are brief, sudden jerking of muscles. Medication helps seizure control, although seizures may occur as an epilepsy syndrome.
Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures PNES | Epilepsy Foundation
网页PNES are events that can look like seizures but occur due to psychological causes. Learn more at the Epilepsy Foundation.
Levetiracetam | Epilepsy Foundation
网页2023年2月22日 · Levetiracetam Levetiracetam (lev-eh-teer-ASS-eh-tam) is the generic name (non-brand name) for the drug called Keppra (KEP-ruh). Keppra is a widely used seizure medicine from UCB. Keppra is available in many countries, but the name or look may be different.