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What causes the seizures of epilepsy?
The seizures of epilepsy are due to unregulated spreading of electrical activity from one part of the brain to other parts.
What kind disability is epilepsy?
No. It is a condition where someone has a tendency to have seizures. Why this happens varies from person to person. There are many forms of Epilepsy and many causes. But it is not a disease. It is not infectious or anything like that.
Where and how in the body do seizures happen?
Seizures happen in the brain. As your brain effects the entire body, other parts can be seen to be affected when seizures happen, like people shaking. Your brain is constantly active, with lots of electrical activity. If something disrupts that activity then the brain may malfunction for a moment. In simple terms that is what happens when seizures happen. In reality it is far more complicated than that. There are many kinds of seizures and many causes of seizures, so there is not a single specific answer to that part of your question. Seizures have many causes and many levels of severity. What causes a seizure in one person may have no effect on someone else. It is commonly thought that flashing lights cause seizures for anyone that has epilepsy. In fact that is a cause of seizures in only about 3% to 5% of all people who have epilepsy. So most people with epilepsy have absolutely no problem with flashing lights. Their seizures have other causes which can be many and varied.
What is epilipsey?
Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that causes a person to go into seizures repeatedly over that persons lifetime. It is when trauma or some kind of brain damage effects the brain tissue and causes the brain to become excitable and jumpy. This causes signals that are not normal which makes that person go into convulsions, or seizures. If a person has only one seizure, it is not epilepsy.
Does smoking cause epileptic seizure?
Not necessarily. Epilepsy has a wide range of causes. Anything that has a strong affect on the brain can be likely to cause seizures. Smoking hard substances that affect the brain could lead to seizures.
What causes simple partial seizures?
A seizure is caused by a disruption of electrical activity in the brain. There are a variety of causes for this, so it is not a simple question to answer. Different people have different causes for their seizures.
What are some possible causes of seizures other than epilepsy?
If someone gets recurring seizures, they are said to have epilepsy. The causes of individual seizures can be the same. It is just that someone only gets one once or a small amount of times. So causes could be a head injury, trauma, a temporary chemical imbalance in the brain, a brain tumour and many other things.
What is the condition which causes part of the brain not to form?
A condition which causes part of the brain not to form is called anencephaly.
What part of the brain caugh what part of the brain causes emotions?
Cerebellum
What do visual seizures consist of?
Auditory seizures affect the part of the brain that controls hearing and cause the patient to imagine voices, music, and other sounds.
Does herpes cause headaches?
A herpes infection that has spread to the brain causes headache, fever, confusion and sometimes seizures.
Can a brain scan detect a seizure or attention deficit disorder?
yes, it can scan for ADD due to a part of the brain that are smaller than usual brain's. As for seizures, t depends. Seizures is when too much electricity is in the brain and if in the right place if can detect but its rare to see that
