Overview
Resources
Types
Symptoms
Associated Disorders
According to Healthline, seizure disorders are diagnosed “when an individual has two or more unprovoked seizures.” Seizures are defined as “an abnormal electrical discharge that occurs in your brain.”
Seizure Resources
Seizure Resources- National Association of Epilepsy Resources
American Clinical Neurophysiology Society
FACES- Finding a Cure for Epilepsy and Seizures
Types of Seizure Disorders
- Focal seizures*
- Focal seizures with impaired awareness.*
- Focal seizures without loss of consciousness.*
- Generalized seizures*
- Absence seizures*
- Tonic seizures.*
- Atonic seizures.*
- Clonic seizures*
- Myoclonic seizures.*
- Tonic-clonic seizures.*
- Epilepsy
Seizure Symptoms
- Temporary confusion
- A staring spell
- Uncontrollable jerking movements of the arms and legs
- Loss of consciousness or awareness
- Cognitive or emotional symptoms, such as fear, anxiety or deja vu
Associated Disorders
- 1q21.1 Microdeletion Syndrome
- 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome
- Aicardi Syndrome
- Batten Disease*
- GNAO1 related Neurodevelopment Disorder*
- Lafora*
- Landau Kleffner Syndrome (ESES)
- Dravet Syndrome*
- CDKL5 Disorder*
- KCNQ2 Epilepsy Disorder*
- Lennox Gastaut Syndrome (LGS)*
- New Onset Refractory Status Epilepticus*
- Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome*
