By Dr Katia Cikurel
25.05.23
Neurology
Epilepsy (Part 1): Seizures and Diagnosis
Epilepsy is a chronic neurological disorder, characterised by the onset of recurrent seizures (abnormal electrical activity in the brain), that affects 50 million people of all ages worldwide. In the first of a two-part series of articles on epilepsy, Dr Katia Cikurel, renowned consultant neurologist, offers a comprehensive insight into the different types of epileptic seizures, the effect of epileptic seizures on the brain, and the basis for an epilepsy diagnosis.