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Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which a person has repeated seizures over time. Seizures are episodes of uncontrolled and abnormal firing of brain cells that may cause changes in attention or behavior. Epilepsy occurs when permanent changes in the brain cause it to be too excitable or irritable. As a result, the brain sends out abnormal signals. This leads to repeated, unpredictable seizures. (A single seizure that does not happen again is not epilepsy.)
Common causes of childhood seizures or epilepsy include. 1  fever (these are called febrile seizures). 2  genetic causes. 3  head injury. 4  infections of the brain and its coverings. 5  lack of oxygen to the brain. 6  hydrocephalus (excess water in the brain cavities).