These messages guide everything your child does, thinks, and feels. A seizure happens when there's a strong burst of electrical activity in their brain. This makes the neurons misfire, sending ...

If this scenario sounds familiar, your child might not just be daydreaming, they could be experiencing “absence seizures”. Often mistaken for lack of focus or “zoning out,” these brief ...

but according to the Epilepsy Foundation, new cases are most often diagnosed in children under 10 years old and adults over 55 years old. There are many types of seizures, but they fall roughly ...

When Debbie McCrudden was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2014 she was asked if she was planning on having children soon. She knew it was what she wanted to do with her life but the diagnosis made her ...

People with occipital lobe epilepsy (OLE) can experience seizures that affect their vision and other symptoms. While it is treatable, occipital lobe epilepsy symptoms can be similar to and ...

Seizures can be a terrifying experience for both children and parents alike. With approximately 4-5% of children experiencing ...

in 526 otherwise healthy children (age range, 6–60 months) who presented with their first complex febrile seizure (focal seizures, duration >15 minutes, multiple seizures within 24 hours ...