Focal seizures - Epilepsy Action
‘Temporal’ sounds like this: tem-per-uhl or tem-pruhl If you have been diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy it means you have seizures starting in one or other of the temporal lobes. The temporal lobe is responsible for things like memory, hearing and understanding language.
What is epilepsy? - Epilepsy Action
Epilepsy should be diagnosed by a specialist doctor with experience in diagnosing and treating epilepsy. For adults this is usually a neurologist (a doctor specialising in conditions that affect the brain or nerves). For children, epilepsy is usually diagnosed by a paediatrician (a doctor who specialises in treating children) or in more complex cases, a children’s neurologist.
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About seizures - Epilepsy Action
Tonic-clonic seizures are the type of epileptic seizure most people recognise. In the past they were called grand-mal seizures. Tonic-clonic seizures can have a generalised onset, meaning they affect both sides of the brain from the start.
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Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) - Epilepsy Action
Symptoms of Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. There are 3 different types of seizures that people with JME may get. These are called myoclonic, tonic-clonic and absence seizures.. All people with JME have myoclonic seizures. Myoclonic seizures cause sudden jerks of the muscles in the arms, legs, or whole body.
Epilepsy medicines - Epilepsy Action
The main treatment for epilepsy is taking epilepsy medicines. They are also known as epilepsy medication, anti-seizure medications (ASMs) or anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs). They don’t cure epilepsy, but try to prevent seizures from happening. They do this by changing the levels of chemicals in the ...
Epilepsy in babies - Epilepsy Action
Seizures in newborn babies What causes seizures in newborn babies? Structural causes – Being born on time but having a lack of oxygen to the brain can cause a brain injury. Some babies are born with damage to their brain for an unknown reason
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) - Epilepsy Action
Childhood absence epilepsy (CAE) is a common epilepsy syndrome affecting young children. Children with CAE have absence seizures, which cause a brief loss of awareness, several times a day.
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