What is Epilepsy?
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder that causes the electrical activity of the brain to become abnormal, leading to recurrent, unprovoked seizures in the patient. These seizures in patients can also vary according to their environment. Epilepsy is called a seizure disorder because seizures are the most critical symptom of epilepsy disease.
When sudden excessive electric charges discharge in our neurons or brain cells, this condition is called seizures.
Epilepsy affects millions of lives worldwide 50 million people are living with epilepsy, according to the WHO, which is adding up to 5 million new cases each year, and it does not end here. Epilepsy is the reason for 125,000 deaths per year.