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Types. Physiological, psychological [ 1] Non-epileptic seizures ( NES ), also known as non-epileptic events, are paroxysmal events that appear similar to an epileptic seizure but do not involve abnormal, rhythmic discharges of neurons in the brain. [ 2] Symptoms may include shaking, loss of consciousness, and loss of bladder control.
Frequency. ~10% of people (overall worldwide lifetime risk) [ 5][ 9] A seizure is a period of symptoms due to abnormally excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. [ 6] Outward effects vary from uncontrolled shaking movements involving much of the body with loss of consciousness ( tonic-clonic seizure ), to shaking movements ...
Epilepsy is a group of non-communicable neurological disorders characterized by recurrent epileptic seizures. [ 10] An epileptic seizure is the clinical manifestation of an abnormal, excessive, and synchronized electrical discharge in the neurons. [ 1] The occurrence of two or more unprovoked seizures defines epilepsy. [ 11]
Specialty. Neurology. Post-traumatic epilepsy ( PTE) is a form of acquired epilepsy that results from brain damage caused by physical trauma to the brain ( traumatic brain injury, abbreviated TBI). [ 1] A person with PTE experiences repeated post-traumatic seizures (PTS, seizures that result from TBI) more than a week after the initial injury. [ 2]
Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures ( PNES ), also referred to as pseudoseizures, non-epileptic attack disorder ( NEAD ), functional seizures, or dissociative seizures,[ 2][ 3] are episodes resembling an epileptic seizure but without the characteristic electrical discharges associated with epilepsy. [ 4][ 3] PNES fall under the category of ...
Frequency. 40 per 100,000 people per year [ 2] Status epilepticus ( SE ), or status seizure, is a medical condition consisting of a single seizure lasting more than 5 minutes, or 2 or more seizures within a 5-minute period without the person returning to normal between them. [ 3][ 1] Previous definitions used a 30-minute time limit. [ 2]
Epilepsy is a neurological condition of recurrent episodes of unprovoked epileptic seizures. A seizure is an abnormal neuronal brain activity that can cause intellectual, emotional, and social consequences. Epilepsy affects children and adults of all ages and races, and is one of the most common neurological disorders of the nervous system. [1]
In the field of neurology, temporal lobe epilepsy is an enduring brain disorder that causes unprovoked seizures from the temporal lobe. Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common type of focal onset epilepsy among adults. [ 1] Seizure symptoms and behavior distinguish seizures arising from the medial temporal lobe from seizures arising from the ...