Epilepsy

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Overview

Epilepsy is a chronic neurological condition characterized by recurrent seizures that are caused by abnormal cerebral nerve cell activity. Epilepsy is classified as idiopathic or symptomatic.


Idiopathic epilepsy has no known cause, and the person has no other signs of neurological disease or mental deficiency. Symptomatic epilepsy results from a known condition, such as stroke head injury, poisoning, Lennox-Gastaut syndrome, and cerebral palsy.

Incidence and Prevalence

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