Types of Seizures and Seizure Treatment in India

Seizures happen when brain cells over-fire, temporarily disrupting the brain’s normal electrical signals. They’re quite common, especially among children, and they have a wide range of causes. Certain seizures are easy to recognize (jerking, twitching, stiffness), while others don’t have any outward signs. If your child has seizures, it doesn’t necessarily mean that her brain is being harmed, but some seizures can cause damage to a child’s brain.

No matter what your child’s specific situation may be, seizures can be frightening, and you’re probably looking for information that will help you understand what’s going on and find the care your child needs. We invite you explore this site to learn more about seizures, how doctors diagnose them and the treatments they use to help children live seizure-free and to protect them from complications.

·         Many people think of seizures as involving convulsions in a child’s whole body or a temporary loss of consciousness. But with some types of seizures, a child and the people around her may not notice anything out of the ordinary.

·         Seizures are more common in children than in adults, and infants and young children are affected especially often.

·         Epilepsy is a condition in which a person is more susceptible to having unprovoked seizures. A child may have epilepsy if she has had two or more unprovoked seizures.

·         Sometimes, seizures are triggered by a disease or injury, but for most children, there is no detectable cause.

·         What appears to be a seizure is often another condition, such as fainting or a stroke.

Seizures take many forms. Before your doctor can prescribe the right treatment, he or she must figure out which type (or types) you have. That's the purpose of all the tests discussed in the Diagnosis section—not just to tell whether you have epilepsy, but also to tell what kind.

Commonly Used Names for Seizure Types

 

·         Seizures are generally described in two major groups of seizures, primary generalized seizures and partial seizures. The difference between these types is in how and where they begin. A new way of naming seizures has been developed by epilepsy specialists, but most often these common names are still used.

 

Primary generalized seizures

·         Primary generalized seizures begin with a widespread electrical discharge that involves both sides of the brain at once. Hereditary factors are important in many of these seizures.

 

Partial seizures

·         Partial seizures begin with an electrical discharge in one limited area of the brain. Many different things can cause partial seizures, for example head injury, brain infection, stroke, tumor, or changes in the way an area of the brain was formed before birth (called cortical dysplasias). Many times, no known cause is found, but genetic factors may be important in some partial seizures.

·         Partial seizures can be broken down further, depending on whether a person's awareness or consciousness (the ability to respond and remember) is affected.

Treatments for seizures have expanded greatly in recent years. Today, doctors use many different medications to control seizures. For some children with epilepsy, they also use a specialized diet called the ketogenic diet or, in serious cases, a variety of brain surgeries.

In some cases, seizures are associated with neurological conditions and problems with learning and behavior. Neurologists and other specialists work to identify these sorts of problems and intervene to help your child both physically and emotionally.

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