EpilepsyEpilepsyYangmeiChenYangmeiChenDepartmentofNeurology,SecondAffiliatedDepartmentofNeurology,SecondAffiliatedHospitalofChongqingMedicalUniversityHospitalofChongqingMedicalUniversityFactsaboutepilepsyFactsaboutepilepsy●VeryCommon:►►50millionpeopleworldwidehaveepilepsymakingitthemostcommonseriousneurologicalconditionglobally►►1in20peoplewillhaveaseizureintheirlifetime●olddisease:●isharmfulforthesocietyhurtthehealthofothershurthimselfDefinitionsDefinitions●Epilepsy►Achronicneurologicaldiseasecharacterizedbyaparoxysmal,self-limitedchangeinbehaviorassociatedwithexcessiveelectricaldischargefromthebrain
Itisarecurrent(repetitive)andtime-limitedattack、stereotyped►Theclinicalmanifestationsrangefromamajormotorconvulsiontoabriefperiodoflackofawareness
Thestereotypedanduncontrollablenatureoftheat