Read about the symptoms and causes of focal aware seizures (previously known as simple partial seizure) and how they are treated.
Find out how seizures are classified, or grouped together and how they may impact a child.
Read about causes and symptoms of myoclonic seizures and how they are treated.
Read about the types of epilepsy and the suggested treatments.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for focal epilepsies in children.
Learn some important things to keep in mind when making a decision about epilepsy surgery, such as surgery goals, risks and possible complications.
Read about causes and symptoms of focal impaired awareness seizures and how they are treated.
Read about the symptoms and causes of absence seizures and how best to help your child when they have one.
Resective epilepsy surgery is the surgical removal of a part of the brain. Read about the risks and benefits of resective surgery and possible complications.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for generalized epilepsy syndromes.
Read about what to do in case of a seizure to ensure your child's safety and comfort.
Read about the causes and symptoms of absence epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Read about the symptoms, prevention, first aid treatment and proper care for a child experiencing febrile seizures.
Read about the causes and features of temporal lobe epilepsies as well as how they are treated and the long-term outlook.
An overview of seizures and epilepsy, with information about treatment options.
Read about the signs and symptoms of different types of seizures.
Vagus nerve stimulation has been used to treat partial and generalized seizures in both adults and children. Read about the procedure.
Read about the causes and treatments for reflex epilepsy, a rare condition in which seizures are set off by specific stimuli such as flashing lights.
Most people with epilepsy can have full social, sexual and family lives. Read about issues surrounding sex and reproduction for those with epilepsy.
The prognosis of an illness is a forecast of how it will develop and the outcome after treatment. Read about the factors that affect the prognosis of a child with epilepsy.
Learn about what causes seizures, the different types of seizures and what the concept of the seizure threshold means.
Read about the complications, risks, and potential benefits of a hemispherectomy. Hemispherectomy is often used for intractable seizures.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for epileptic encephalopathies and progressive syndromes.
Learn about the methods of diagnosis, an important stage in understanding the cause of your child's seizures.
Tonic-clonic seizures involve sudden muscle stiffening and contraction, and rhythmic twitching or jerking. Read about their causes and how they can be treated.
