Epilepsy

Epilepsy

It’s a group of chronic disorder neurological disease where a person has repeated seizures. Epilepsy is usually only diagnosed after a person has had more than one seizure, it can occur any age. Seizures are bursts of electrical activity in the brain that temporarily affect how it works. They can cause a wide range of symptoms.

Symptoms:

Seizures can affect people in different ways, depending on which part of the brain is involved.

Possible symptoms include:

Convulsion with no temperature, Uncontrollable jerking and shaking called “fit”

Losing awareness and staring blankly into space

For a short period, the person is unresponsive to instructions or questions

Body becoming stiff

Strange sensations – such as a “rising” feeling in the tummy, unusual smells or tastes, and a tingling feeling in your arms or legs

Collapsing