Seizure
Current as of: March 28, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:John Pope, MD, MPH – Pediatrics & Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Martin J. Gabica, MD – Family Medicine & Steven C. Schachter, MD – Neurology
Seizures are sudden bursts of abnormal electrical activity in the brain that may affect a person’s muscle control, movement, speech, vision, or awareness (consciousness). The effects of seizures depend on a person’s individual response, as well as the seizure type, frequency, and severity. Some seizures make a person…