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What is Epilepsy? |
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     Epilepsy is a medical condition that produces seizures affecting a variety of mental and physical functions. It’s also called a seizure disorder. When a person has two or more seizures, they are considered to have epilepsy.What is a seizure?
A seizure is a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain that usually affects how a person feels or acts for a short time. Some seizures can hardly be noticed, while others are totally disabling.
Seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes. They can have many symptoms, from convulsions and loss of consciousness to some that are not always recognized as seizures by the person experiencing them or by health care professionals: blank staring, lip smacking, or jerking movements of arms and legs.
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