#seizureawareness #focalepilepsy Seizures Overview A seizure is a sudden, uncontrolled electrical disturbance in the brain. It can cause changes in your behavior, movements or feelings, and in levels of consciousness. If you have two or more seizures or a tendency to have recurrent seizures, you have epilepsy. There are many types of seizures, which range in severity. Seizure types vary by where and how they begin in the brain. Most seizures last from 30 seconds to two minutes. A seizure that la

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Finding the cause of seizures has been a journey that many medical professionals and parents have been on… and it can be frustrating at times. 😞 So why is the traditional medical approach to just look for seizures in the brain? Now, this may sound overly simple, but the brain 🧠 is not the only part of the body that makes up the Central Nervous System. The brain is directly and intimately connected to the brainstem, spinal cord, and sensory nerves that travel from the Neuro-Spinal System back a

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