What Is Epilepsy?

What Is Epilepsy? (0:44)

Epilepsy is a nervous system disorder and there are three different types of it. In this video, family physician Sharecare Advisory Board member Daniel Spogen, MD, describes each type of epilepsy and what happens in seizures of each kind.

Epilepsy and Seizures

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