Find out how seizures are classified, or grouped together and how they may impact a child.
Read about the symptoms and causes of absence seizures and how best to help your child when they have one.
Read about the symptoms and causes of focal aware seizures (previously known as simple partial seizure) and how they are treated.
Read about the causes and symptoms of atonic seizures, or “drop attacks”, and how they are treated.
Read about causes and symptoms of focal impaired awareness seizures and how they are treated.
Read about the symptoms, prevention, first aid treatment and proper care for a child experiencing febrile seizures.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for generalized epilepsy syndromes.
Read about the signs and symptoms of different types of seizures.
Read about the causes, diagnosis and treatment of neonatal seizures.
Read about the causes and symptoms of absence epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Read about causes and symptoms of myoclonic seizures and how they are treated.
Read about the causes and features of temporal lobe epilepsies as well as how they are treated and the long-term outlook.
Learn about what causes seizures, the different types of seizures and what the concept of the seizure threshold means.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for partial epilepsy syndromes.
Tonic-clonic seizures involve sudden muscle stiffening and contraction, and rhythmic twitching or jerking. Read about their causes and how they can be treated.
An overview of seizures and epilepsy, with information about treatment options.
Read about the causes, symptoms and treatments for encephalopathies and progressive syndromes.
Read about the causes and symptoms of status epilepticus and how it is treated.
Read about the causes and symptoms of Lennox-Gastaut syndrome epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Read about what to do in case of a seizure to ensure your child's safety and comfort.
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 of self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS) as well as treatments and long-term outlook.
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 the causes and treatments for reflex epilepsy, a rare condition in which seizures are set off by specific stimuli such as flashing lights.
Read about the complications, risks, and potential benefits of a hemispherectomy. Hemispherectomy is often used for intractable seizures.
