Medications are very effective at controlling seizures--if you follow treatment correctly. Learn more from Gayatri Devi, MD, director of New York Memory and Healthy Aging Services in this video.
Epilepsy is a chronic condition, causing abnormal electrical transmissions in the brain. Seizures may be general, affecting large areas of the brain, in which the individual loses consciousness and has violent jerking of all muscles.
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