{"id":207448,"date":"2018-11-13T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T11:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/2018\/11\/13\/types-of-epilepsy\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T17:51:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:51:19","slug":"types-of-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/types-of-epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0in; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: windowtext; font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/reactive-power-system-healthy-11.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"535\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/reactive-power-system-healthy-11.jpg\" width=\"640\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Epilepsy<br \/>\ncan be classified into five major types based on the type of seizures<br \/>\nexperience by the patient. These types are idiopathic, cryptogenic,<br \/>\nsymptomatic, generalized and focal or partial epilepsy.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Idiopathic epilepsy:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> No apparent cause can be found.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Cryptogenic epilepsy:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> No damage to the brain has been identified<br \/>\n     but other factors suggest the brain has been damaged.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Symptomatic epilepsy:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> Symptoms are due to identified brain damage<br \/>\n     or disruption of brain function.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Generalised epilepsy:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> The <\/span><span style=\"color: blue;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webmd.boots.com\/a-to-z-guides\/seizures-fits-symptoms-diagnosis-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;, &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%; text-decoration: none;\">seizures<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> involve the whole brain at once.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in; text-align: justify;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\">Focal or partial epilepsy:<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Century Gothic&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;\"> The electrical storm starts from one area of<br \/>\n     the brain. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Epilepsy can be classified into five major types based on the type of seizures experience by the patient. These types are idiopathic, cryptogenic, symptomatic, generalized and focal or partial epilepsy. Idiopathic epilepsy: No apparent cause can be found. 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