7. Disease
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Epilepsy

Epilepsy

Basics

Epilepsy is a clinical condition where an individual suffers recurrent seizures, due to conditions in the brain.

Classification according to cause:

Seizure classification

Generalised seizures (consciousness always lost)

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is the commonest form of primary generalised epilepsy seen in adults.

Partial (focal) seizures

See also 'Seizure type - Partial seizures'.

Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy due to hippocampal sclerosis is the most common form of partial epilepsy (usually complex partial seizure, sometimes with secondary generalisation)

Special seizure syndromes

e.g. Febrile seizures

Do not diagnose febrile seizure in infants <6 month old.

Unclassified

 

 


Things to revise/add later: More details on Febrile seizures and Partial seizures

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