Epilepsy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Oct 14, 2023 · Epilepsy — also known as a seizure disorder — is a brain condition that causes recurring seizures. There are many types of epilepsy. In some people, the cause can be identified. In others, the cause is not known. Epilepsy is common.
Epilepsy - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Oct 14, 2023 · The exam helps diagnose epilepsy and determine the type of epilepsy you may have. Blood tests. A blood sample can detect signs of infections, genetic conditions or other conditions that may be associated with seizures.
Epilepsy - Overview - Mayo Clinic
Nov 22, 2024 · As a Level 4 comprehensive epilepsy center, Mayo Clinic is positioned to identify the best treatment for people whose epilepsy doesn't respond to medicines. These treatment options may include clinical trials, neurostimulation devices, laser interstitial thermal therapy and, in some instances, surgery.
Epilepsy - Care at Mayo Clinic
Oct 14, 2023 · Mayo Clinic epilepsy care teams have experience treating epilepsy to eliminate seizures or reduce the frequency and intensity of seizures in children and adults. Treatment options at Mayo Clinic include medicines, vagus nerve stimulation, surgery, awake brain surgery, ketogenic diet and more.
Autoimmune epilepsy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Dec 21, 2024 · Autoimmune epilepsy is a type of epilepsy where seizures are caused by the immune system mistakenly attacking brain cells. It can occur with conditions that affect the immune system, especially autoimmune encephalitis.
Epilepsy - Doctors and departments - Mayo Clinic
Oct 14, 2023 · Mayo Clinic researchers have developed and studied many diagnostic and treatment tools for epilepsy. They include magnetic resonance imaging, subtraction ictal SPECT coregistered to MRI (SISCOM), electroencephalography, ketogenic diet, deep brain stimulation, epilepsy surgery and many others.
Epilepsy & Seizures: Discussions | Mayo Clinic Connect
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Epilepsy: Symptoms, Causes, Complications and What You Can Do
Nov 19, 2013 · Mayo Clinic Health System neurologist Andrew Reeves, M.D., helps explain epilepsy and seizures. Symptoms and types of seizures. Categorized as a spectrum disorder because of the wide range of causes and effects, epilepsy impacts people differently.
What should I do if a kid is having a seizure? All about epilepsy
Oct 3, 2024 · When it comes to childhood epilepsy, no two seizures are exactly alike. Some seizures have the convulsive, jerking movements that most people think of when they imagine epilepsy. But other types of seizures can be subtler, and even possible to miss altogether.
Autoimmune epilepsy - Care at Mayo Clinic
Dec 21, 2024 · Learn when epilepsy is an autoimmune disease and why early diagnosis and the right treatment are important.