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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.)
Epilepsy is a disorder of the nervous system. Epilepsy causes sudden, intense bursts of electrical activity in the brain. These bursts cause seizures, which may affect: Muscle control; Movement; Speech; Vision; Awareness; Someone with epilepsy will have repeated seizures. There is often no warning and no clear reason why the seizures happen. If epilepsy is not treated, seizures may occur throughout a person's life. Seizures can become more severe and happen more often over time. Epilepsy can be caused by tumors or improperly formed blood vessels. Epilepsy is broken into three categories based on where the disruption in the brain occurs that triggers the seizure: Mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. This part of the brain controls emotions, short-term memory, and the fight-or-flight response. This is the most common form of epilepsy. Mesial frontal lobe epilepsy. This epilepsy starts in the part of the brain ...