<unk>  <unk>  is a chronic disorder of the nervous system which is characterized by recurrent, unprovoked focal seizures that originate in the<unk> <unk>  of the brain and last about one or two minutes.<unk>  is the most common form of epilepsy with focal seizures. A focal seizure in the<unk> <unk>  may spread to other areas in the brain when it may become a focal to bilateral seizure.<unk>  is diagnosed by taking a medical history, blood tests, and brain imaging. It can have a number of causes such as head injury, stroke, brain infections, structural lesions in the brain, or brain tumors, or it can be of unknown onset. The first line of treatment is through anticonvulsants. Surgery may be an option, especially when there is an observable abnormality in the brain. Another treatment option is electrical stimulation of the brain through an implanted device called the vagus nerve stimulator (VNS).
Temporal lobe epilepsy
Frontal lobe epilepsy
Generalized epilepsy
Musicogenic epilepsy
Childhood absence epilepsy
Photosensitive epilepsy
Catamenial epilepsy
Northern epilepsy syndrome