What is Epilepsy ?

Epilepsy is a common term that refers to a tendency to have continuing seizures. The brain sends and receives messages to make action possible. If there is an error to send or receive messages, a concise break in various or all of the brain’s tasks can happen. If this happens a person may have a seizure.

Epilepsy is typified by motiveless, chronic seizures that interrupt the nervous system and can cause mental and physical dysfunction. In the United States, about 2.5 million people are affected by epilepsy and seizures and about 10% of the American population is experienced at least one seizure during their life.

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