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Epilepsy

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Seizures during which the individual can have convulsions and fits with spasmodic movements and periods of unconsciousness, caused by electrical disturbances in the brain. Some forms of epilepsy don't lead to visible convulsions but can result in brief absences where there is an episode of loss of awareness but not loss of consciousness.

Symptoms of Epilepsy

• Fits may start with warning symptoms or aura that can include face looking flushed, visual disturbance, headache or acute awareness of smells
• Periods of unconsciousness and fainting
• Spasmodic movements and convulsions
• Clenched jaw
• May bite tongue
• Frothing at the mouth
• Urinary incontinence: the bladder empties due to the seizure
• May fall into coma, although this will usually resolve in a few minutes
• Individual comes round though they may be initially confused and drowsy