This document discusses epilepsy and seizures. It describes how seizures occur due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain and can vary based on factors like age, sleep cycles, brain injuries, and genetics. It then covers classifications of seizures based on where they begin in the brain, the level of awareness during seizures, and other features. Several types of seizures are defined like tonic-clonic, clonic-tonic, and absence seizures. Epilepsy is characterized as a disease involving recurring unprovoked seizures and their neurological, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences. Managing epilepsy also requires spreading awareness.

1. Dr. Yusuf S. Jamnagerwalla (M.D, M.Med Ped, M.Sc Neuro)
Department of Pediatrics - Bugando Medical Centre
2nd February, 2018

2. Epidemiology of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa

4. During a seizure, large numbers of brain cells
are activated abnormally at the same time. It is
like an "electrical storm" in the brain.
The nature of the seizures depends on many
factors, such as the person’s age, the sleep-wake
cycle, prior injuries to the brain, genetic
tendencies, medications, which circuits in the
brain are involved, and many others.

5. The New Basic Classification
1. Where seizures begin in the brain
2. Level of awareness during a seizure
3. Other features of seizures

8. FEW TERMINOLOGIES…

9. FEW TERMINOLOGIES…

11. GENERALIZED TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE

12. GENERALIZED CLONIC-TONIC-CLONIC SEIZURE

13. LEFT FOCAL SEIZURE

14. LEFT CLONIC SEIZURE

15. MYOCLONIC SEIZURE

16. ABSENCE SEIZURE

17. ATONIC SEIZURE

18. TEMPORAL LOBE SEIZURE

19. FRONTAL LOBE SEIZURE

20. What is epilepsy?
ILAE 2005: Epilepsy is a disease characterized
by an enduring predisposition to generate
epileptic seizures and by the neurobiological,
cognitive, psychological, and social
consequences of this condition.
“a seizure is an event and epilepsy is the disease
involving recurrent unprovoked seizures.”

25. JME

26. bects

27. JAE

28. Jme

29. MANAGING EPILEPSY

41. YOU MUST SPREAD AWARENESS!