Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) is rare in people with epilepsy. However, it is important to be aware of the risk factors and how to prevent it in your child.
Read about what to do in case of a seizure to ensure your child's safety and comfort.
Learn about what causes seizures, the different types of seizures and what the concept of the seizure threshold means.
Children with epilepsy can participate in most sports and physical activities. Read about sports risks and benefits for children with epilepsy.
An overview of seizures and epilepsy, with information about treatment options.
Read about the types of epilepsy and the suggested treatments.
Read about the causes and features of temporal lobe epilepsies as well as how they are treated and the long-term outlook.
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.
Read about keeping a child with epilepsy safe at home, at school and with friends.
Find out how to make travel and time away at camp safe and enjoyable for a child with epilepsy.
Learn about the methods of diagnosis, an important stage in understanding the cause of your child's seizures.
Read about the causes and symptoms of absence epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for generalized epilepsy syndromes.
Read about the symptoms, prevention, first aid treatment and proper care for a child experiencing febrile seizures.
Read about the symptoms of self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS) as well as treatments and long-term outlook.
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 pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy, a rare form of epilepsy caused by a deficiency of alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (antiquitin) due to a genetic mutation.
Read about the symptoms and causes of focal aware seizures (previously known as simple partial seizure) and how they are treated.
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 the causes and treatments for reflex epilepsy, a rare condition in which seizures are set off by specific stimuli such as flashing lights.
Find out how invasive monitoring uses electrodes directly inside your child's brain to pinpoint where seizures start. .
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for focal epilepsies in children.
Find out ways to cope with the different emotions you may have about an epilepsy diagnosis and about seeing a child have a seizure.
Read about the causes and symptoms of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
