Common Causes Of Epilepsy

Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurological disorder in the world and affects sixty-five million individuals. One out of twenty-six individuals within the United States will develop epilepsy at some point in their lives. The main symptom of epilepsy is unpredictable and recurrent seizures. A doctor will diagnose a patient with epilepsy if they have had at least two such seizures that can’t be chalked up to some other cause like low blood sugar. An individual with epilepsy can have several different types of seizures ranging from absence seizures in which they simply stop what they are doing and stare into space for a few seconds to full-blown convulsions. In the old days, individuals used to call absence seizures 'petit mal' seizures and convulsions 'grand mal' seizures.