Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a brain disease in which groups of nerve cells, or neurons, the brain sometimes signal abnormally. Neurons normally generate electrochemical impulses that are present in other neurons, glands and muscles to produce human thoughts, feelings and actions. Epilepsy, the normal pattern of neuronal activity should be disturbed, causing strange sensations, emotions and behavior or sometimes convulsions, muscle spasms and loss of consciousness. During a seizure, neurons may fire up to 500 times per second, much faster than normal. In some people, this happens only occasionally, for others it can happen hundreds of times per day.