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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.)
These are called idiopathic seizures. Some of the possible causes of partial seizures are: 1  epilepsy. 2  liver or kidney failure. 3  very high blood pressure. 4  use of illegal drugs. 5  brain infections, such as meningitis. 6  brain and head injuries. 7  congenital brain defects (those that occur before birth). 8  stroke.