2024年8月18日 · During a focal onset seizure, that burst of activity starts on one side of your child's brain. It might happen in more than one area, but it's limited to just that side. There are two main...

Learn about focal epilepsy in children, including the symptoms, causes and how they are treated at CHOP's Neuroscience Center.

Focal seizures can cause a wide range of symptoms, many of which are confusing or scary if you’ve never experienced them before. These seizures also happen often in children, which can be frightening for children and parents alike. However, focal seizures and epilepsy are …

Focal seizures take place when abnormal electrical brain function occurs in 1 or more areas of 1 side of the brain. Before a focal seizure, your child may have an aura, or signs that a seizure is about to occur. This is more common with a complex focal seizure.

Epilepsy in children is a condition that causes seizures. This happens when there’s unregulated electrical activity in your child’s brain. A seizure may cause temporary, uncontrolled muscle movements (convulsions) and a loss of consciousness. Some children may stare off into space and experience confusion until the seizure is over.

2023年11月13日 · Focal epilepsy involves recurrent seizures that are mainly focal seizures. It’s the most common form of epilepsy in both children and adults. Roughly two-thirds of epilepsy cases that...

2024年8月14日 · When it comes to treating your child's focal onset seizures, which used to be called partial seizures, you have several strong options to choose from. The goal with any of them is to try to...

Focal epilepsies are characterized by seizures arising from a specific part (lobe) of the brain. Focal epilepsies include idiopathic location-related epilepsies (ILRE), frontal lobe epilepsy, temporal lobe epilepsy, parietal lobe epilepsy and occipital lobe epilepsy.

2022年3月15日 · Focal onset seizures have a wide range of symptoms in different kids. But you'll usually see the same ones with your child from one seizure to the next. If your child has movement symptoms,...

2019年12月12日 · Also known as partial seizures, focal seizures affect only one side of the brain. Before a focal seizure, a child experiences an aura that signals a seizure is coming. The aura is the...