What is the most serious type of epilepsy?

A grand mal seizure causes a loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions. It’s the type of seizure most people picture when they think about seizures. A grand mal seizure — also known as a generalized tonic-clonic seizure — is caused by abnormal electrical activity throughout the brain.

What are the 12 types of seizures?

The different types of generalized seizures are:

• absence seizures (formerly known as petit mal)
• tonic-clonic or convulsive seizures (formerly known as grand mal)
• atonic seizures (also known as drop attacks)
• clonic seizures.
• tonic seizures.
• myoclonic seizures.

  What are the names of the different types of epilepsy?

  There are dozens of epilepsy seizure syndromes. Some include West syndrome, Doose syndrome, Rasmussen’s syndrome, and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Once you get a diagnosis, you and your doctor will decide on the best treatment. There are lots to choose from.

  How is parietal lobe epilepsy different from other types?

  

  Parietal lobe epilepsy is similar to other types in part because parietal lobe seizures tend to spread to other areas of the brain. Just as there are many types of epilepsy, there are many types of seizures. Not all seizures are epilepsy. Seizures fall into two major categories: Partial seizures take place in one particular part of the brain.

  Can a person have more than one type of seizure?

  A person with epilepsy can have more than one type of seizure. The signs of a seizure depend on the type of seizure. Sometimes it is hard to tell when a person is having a seizure.

  How many people in the world are affected by epilepsy?

  In many parts of the world, people with epilepsy and their families suffer from stigma and discrimination. Epilepsy is a chronic noncommunicable disease of the brain that affects around 50 million people worldwide.

  What are the 6 types of seizures?

  There are six types of generalized seizures: absence seizures, atonic seizures, myoclonic seizures, clonic seizures, tonic seizures, and tonic-clonic seizures.

  What is Type 4 Epilepsy?

  Epilepsy, nocturnal, frontal lobe type 4: An inherited form of epilepsy which originates from the frontal lobe and occurs predominantly at night. Symptoms tend to improve with age. Often the condition is dismissed as nightmares or a psychiatric disorder. Type 4 results from a defect on chromosome 8p21.

  What is the worst type of seizure?

  Grand mal seizures are the most severe, and most dangerous, type of seizures. Grand mal seizures have two phases. In the first phase, called the tonic phase, the individual loses consciousness and becomes stiff; in the next phase, called the clonic phase, the individual begins to jerk, sometimes violently.

  What to do if someone has epilepsy?

  Most people with epilepsy will probably be aware of their condition. They may be taking medications to control their symptoms, or undergoing diet therapy. Some epilepsy is also treated with surgery or medical devices.