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What is Epilepsy?
What is Epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which the nerves in the brain communicate abnormally with each other. ...more »
- Epilepsy: Brain condition causing seizures or spasms.
- Epilepsy: brain disorder characterized by recurring excessive neuronal discharge, exhibited by transient episodes of motor, sensory, or psychic dysfunction, with or without unconsciousness or convulsive movements.
Source - Diseases Database
- Epilepsy: a disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and convulsions.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Epilepsy: Introduction
Types of Epilepsy:
Types of Epilepsy:
- Grand mal epilepsy - causing grand mal seizures
- Petit mal epilepsy - causing petit mal seizures
- Temporal lobe epilepsy
- Focal epilepsy
- Jacksonian seizures
- Status epilepticus
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 2
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 3
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 3A
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 3B
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 4
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 5
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 6
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 7
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 8
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 9
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 10
- Familial Febrile Convulsions, 1
- Familial Febrile Convulsions
- Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal
- Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal, 1
- Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal, 2
- Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal, 3
- Epilepsy, Benign Neonatal, Autosomal Recessive
- Temporal epilepsy, familial
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus, type 2
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus, type 3
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus, type 5
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus, type 4
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus, type 6
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus, type 1
- Generalized Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus
- Grand mal seizures
- Petit mal seizures
- Mental retardation -- epilepsy, X-linked
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence, Susceptibility to, 1
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence, Susceptibility to, 2
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence, Susceptibility to, 3
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence, Susceptibility to, 4
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence, Susceptibility to, 5
- Epilepsy, Childhood Absence, Susceptibility to, 6
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Absence, Susceptibility to, 1
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Absence, Susceptibility to, 2
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 1
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 2
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 3
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 4
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 5
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 6
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 7
- Epilepsy, Juvenile Myoclonic, Susceptibility to, 8
- Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 11
- Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 7
- Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 10
- Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 9
- Epilepsy, Idiopathic Generalized, Susceptibility to, 8
- Seizures, benign familial neonatal, recessive form
- Convulsions
- Convulsions, benign familial infantile, 3
- Convulsions, benign familial infantile, 4
- Mental retardation, keratoconus, febrile seizures, and sinoatrial block
- Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 8, northern epilepsy variant
- Catamenial seizure
- Gelastic seizure
- Atonic seizure
- Focal emotional seizure
- Secondarily generalized seizure
- Startle epilepsy
- Focal motor seizure
- Olefactory seizure
- Visual seizure
- Partial emotional seizure
- Complex partial seizure
- Myoclonic seizures
- Vestibular seizure
- Focal sensory seizure
- Psychic simple partial seizure
- Partial motor seizure
- Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures
- Partial sensory seizure
- Focal somatosensory seizure
- Partial somatosensory seizure
- Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
- Absence seizure
- Abdominal seizure
- Focal seizure
- Rolandic Epilepsy
- Clonic seizures
- Tonic-Clonic seizure
- Tonic seizure
- Emotional seizure
- Autonomic seizure
- Simple partial seizure
- Sensory seizure
- Partial seizure
- Focal seizures
- Generalized seizures
- Myoclonus epilepsy partial seizure
- Mental retardation, X-linked -- epilepsy -- progressive joint contractures -- typical face
- Mental retardation, X-linked -- craniofacial dysmorphology -- epilepsy -- ophthalmoplegia -- cerebellar atrophy
- Myoclonic progressive familial epilepsy
- Complex partial seizure disorder
- Epilepsy -- telangiectasia
- Mental retardation, epileptic seizures, hypogonadism and hypogenitalism, microcephaly, and obesity
- Microcephaly -- seizures -- mental retardation -- heart disorders
- Facial asymmetry -- temporal seizures
- Microcephaly -- sparse hair -- mental retardation -- seizures
- Pachygyria -- mental retardation -- seizures
- Spastic paraplegia epilepsy mental retardation
- Mental retardation -- epilepsy
- Short stature -- microcephaly -- seizures -- deafness
- Unusual facies, macrocephaly, aplasia of corpus callosum, seizures, hypertrichosis, claw hands and overlapping fingers
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 1
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 2
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 3
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 4
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 5
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 6
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 7
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 8
- Febrile convulsions, familial, 9
- Myoclonus epilepsy
- Epilepsy-like myoclonic jerks
- Post-traumatic epilepsy
- Benign familial infantile seizures 1
- Benign familial infantile seizures 2
- Benign familial neonatal-infantile seizures
- Seizures, benign familial neonatal-infantile
- Auditory seizure
- Photosensitive seizures
- Somatosensory seizure
- Epilepsy, pyridoxin-dependent
- Epilepsy, Pyridoxine-Dependent
- Classical pyridoxine-dependent seizures
- Atypical pyridoxine-dependent seizures
- Febrile Seizures
- Kifafa seizure disorder
- Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic crisis
- Epilepsy, benign occipital
- Epilepsy, partial, familial
- Epilepsy benign neonatal recessive form
- Photosensitive epilepsy
- Myokymia with neonatal epilepsy
- Familial partial epilepsy with variable focus
- Centrotemporal epilepsy
- Infant epilepsy with migrant focal crisis
- Epilepsy -- mental deterioration, Finnish type
- Benign familial infantile epilepsy
- Epilepsy occipital calcifications
- Epilepsy juvenile absence
- Epilepsy, rolandic with paroxysmal exercise-induced dystonia and writer's cramp
- Convulsions benign familial neonatal dominant form
- Aphasia-epilepsy, acquired
- Myoclonic epilepsy benign, adult, familial
- Epilepsy with myoclonic absences
- Epilepsy, generalized -- paroxysmal dyskinesia
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to
- Epilepsy, benign familial neonatal
- Epilepsy, familial mesial temporal lobe
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 1
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 2
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 3
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 4
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 5
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 6
- Epilepsy, X-linked -- learning disabilities -- behavior disorders
- Cortical dysplasia -- focal epilepsy syndrome
- Epilepsy, familial temporal lobe, 4
- Generalized epilepsy and paroxysmal dyskinesia
- Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia-Epilepsy syndrome
- Epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type
- Epilepsy, idiopathic generalized
- Epilepsy, progressive myoclonic 3
- Epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type 1
- Epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type 2
- Epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type 3
- Epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type 4
- Hyperekplexia and epilepsy
- Mediterranean myoclonic epilepsy
- Baltic myoclonic epilepsy
- Epilepsy, myoclonic progressive familial
- Myoclonus with epilepsy with ragged red fibers
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- Infantile epileptic-dyskinetic encephalopathy
- Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg
- Genetic reflex epilepsy
- Epilepsy benign neonatal dominant form
- Epilepsy -- microcephaly -- skeletal dysplasia
- Infantile convulsions and paroxysmal choreoathetosis, familial
- Convulsions, benign familial infantile, 1
- Developmental delay -- epilepsy -- neonatal diabetes
- Atherosclerosis- deafness -- diabetes -- epilepsy -- nephropathy
- Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
- Arthrogryposis -- epileptic seizures -- migrational brain disorder
- Borjeson-Forssman-Lehmann Syndrome
- Seizures, Sensorineural Deafness, Ataxia, Mental Retardation, and Electrolyte Imbalance
- Hypotonia, Seizures and Precocious Puberty
- Microcephaly -- mental retardation -- spasticity -- epilepsy
- Thalamic degeneration symmetrical infantile
- Lafora body disease
- Celiac disease -- epilepsy -- occipital calcifications
- Spasticity -- mental retardation -- epilepsy, X-linked
- Folinic acid-responsive seizures
- Focal cortical dysplasia
- Focal cortical dysplasia type II
- Focal cortical dysplasia type IIA
- Focal cortical dysplasia type IIB
- Non-lissencephalic cortical dysplasia
- Dandy-Walker malformation with mental retardation, basal ganglia disease, and seizures
- Seizures -- intellectual deficit due to hydroxylysinuria
- Heterotopia, Periventricular, Associated with Chromosome 5q Deletion
- Amelo-cerebro-hypohidrotic syndrome
- Unverricht-Lundborg disease
- Unverricht-Lundborg syndrome
- Schimmelpenning-Feurstein-Mims Syndrome
- Liver disease -- retinitis pigmentosa -- polyneuropathy -- epilepsy
- Heterotopia, periventricular, associated with chromosome 5p anomalies
- Epileptic encephalopathy, Lennox-Gastaut type
- Infantile Spasms
- Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
- Congenital hypoparathyroidism, seizures, growth and mental retardation and unusual facies
- Tuberous sclerosis, type 2
- Tuberous sclerosis, type 1
- Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome
- Microcephaly micropenis convulsions
- Alopecia, epilepsy, pyorrhea, mental subnormality
- Hypercoagulability syndrome, due to glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency
- Ohtahara Syndrome
- Todd's Paralysis
- Seizures mental retardation hair dysplasia
- Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome
- Acrocallosal Syndrome (Schinzel Type)
- Pallister-Killian Syndrome
- Pallister Killian Mosaic Syndrome
- Pallister Mosaic Syndrome Tetrasomy 12p
- Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease
- Al Gazali -- Nair syndrome
- Angelman-Like Syndrome, X-linked
- Cutler Syndrome
- Acrocallosal syndrome
- PEHO-like syndrome
- Gustavson syndrome
- DEND syndrome
- Devriendt syndrome
- Dravet syndrome
- Rimbaud-Passouant-Vallat syndrome
- Todd paralysis
- Fryns-Aftimos syndrome
- XLAG syndrome
- Latham-Munro syndrome
- Lissauer paralysis
- Cortes-Lacassie syndrome
- Double cortex syndrome
- Coffin syndrome 1
- Lindstrom syndrome
- Choreoacanthocytosis amyotrophic
- Muller-Barth-Menger syndrome
- Tranebjaerg-Svejgaard syndrome
- Richieri Costa Guion Almeida Cohen syndrome
- Feigenbaum-Bergeron-Richardson syndrome
- Facial asymetry -- temporal seizures
- Nicolaides-Baraitser syndrome
- Continuous spike-wave during slow sleep syndrome
- MacDermot-Winter syndrome
- Mowat-Wilson syndrome
- Renier-Gabreels-Jasper syndrome
- Perisylvian syndrome
- Colpocephaly
- Albright like syndrome
- Ampola syndrome
- Battaglia Neri syndrome
- Boudhina-Yedes-Khiari syndrome
- Baraitser-Rodeck-Garner syndrome
- Gurrieri-Sammito-Bellussi syndrome
- Diomedi-Bernardi-Placidi syndrome
- Seemanova-Lesny syndrome
- Alopecia, epilepsy, oligophrenia syndrome of Moynahan
- Lafora disease
- Kohlschutter-Tonz syndrome
- Ramon Syndrome
- Rud Syndrome
- Wolf-Hirschorn syndrome
- Wittwer sydnrome
- Penfield syndrome
- Lymphangiectasies and lymphedema Hennekam type
- Nevus sebaceous of Jadassohn
- Gitelman syndrome
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Broader types of Epilepsy:
How many people get Epilepsy?
Prevalance of Epilepsy: 2.3 million Americans (CDC)
Prevalance Rate of Epilepsy: approx 1 in 118 or 0.85% or 2.3 million people in USA [about data]
Incidence (annual) of Epilepsy: 181,000 people diagnosed each year (CDC)
Incidence Rate of Epilepsy: approx 1 in 1,502 or 0.07% or 181,000 people in USA [about data]
Prevalance of Epilepsy:
Epilepsy affects approximately 1% of the population making it one of the most common neurological diseases.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
How serious is Epilepsy?
Prognosis of Epilepsy: Good. Most people have only mild impacts on an otherwise normal life.
Complications of Epilepsy:
see complications of Epilepsy
Prognosis of Epilepsy:
Most
people with epilepsy lead outwardly normal lives. While epilepsy cannot
currently be cured, for some people it does eventually go away. Most
seizures do not cause brain damage.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Epilepsy Information Page: NINDS)
What causes Epilepsy?
Causes of Epilepsy: see causes of Epilepsy
Causes of Epilepsy: In approximately 30% of cases, epilepsy is caused by such events as head trauma, tumor, stroke, or infection. In those cases for which there is no known cause, recent evidence suggests there may be genetic predisposition to developing the disease.
(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology)
...
Epilepsy is a disorder with many possible causes. Anything
that disturbs the normal pattern of neuron activity — from illness to
brain damage to abnormal brain development — can lead to seizures.
Epilepsy may develop because of an abnormality in brain wiring, an
imbalance of nerve signaling chemicals called neurotransmitters, or some
combination of these factors.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Epilepsy Information Page: NINDS)
Risk factors for Epilepsy:
see
risk factors for Epilepsy
What are the symptoms of Epilepsy?
Symptoms of Epilepsy:
see symptoms of Epilepsy
Complications of Epilepsy:
see complications of Epilepsy
Epilepsy: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Epilepsy.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Epilepsy.
How is it treated?
Doctors and Medical Specialists for Epilepsy: Neurologist
;
see also doctors and medical specialists for Epilepsy.
Treatments for Epilepsy:
see treatments for Epilepsy
Research for Epilepsy:
see research for Epilepsy
Society issues for Epilepsy
Hospitalization statistics for Epilepsy:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Epilepsy:
- 0.72% (92,012) of hospital episodes were for Epilepsy, migraine and other episodic disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 82% of hospital consultations for Epilepsy, migraine and other episodic disorders required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 53% of hospital episodes for Epilepsy, migraine and other episodic disorders were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 47% of hospital episodes for Epilepsy, migraine and other episodic disorders were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 73% of hospital admissions for Epilepsy, migraine and other episodic disorders required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 5.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for Epilepsy, migraine and other episodic disorders in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Epilepsy:
Organs and body systems related to Epilepsy include:
Name and Aliases of Epilepsy
Main name of condition: Epilepsy
Other names or spellings for Epilepsy:
Seizure Disorder
Epilepsy, primary
Source - Diseases Database
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