What is a Seizure?
In normal brain function, millions of tiny electrical charges pass from nerve cells in the brain to the rest of the body. A seizure occurs when the normal pattern is overloaded or interrupted by sudden and unusually intense bursts of electrical energy which may cause strange sensations, emotions, behaviors or convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness. These unusual bursts are called seizures. The symptoms that occur depend on the parts of the brain affected during the seizure.

What is Epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a disorder in which a person has two or more seizures without a clear cause, such as trauma, infection, fever, or alcohol withdrawl. In other words, epilepsy is a condition of recurrent and unprovoked seizures.

Epilepsy affects nearly 3 million Americans and 50 million people worldwide. Epilepsy is the third most common neurological disorder in the U.S. after Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. Its prevalence is greater than cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease combined.