Showing posts with label tonic clonic seizures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tonic clonic seizures. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Types of Seizures--Absence Seizures

Epilepsy is very complicated.  There are over 20 types of seizures, not just the stereotypical tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure  in which you fall, and your whole body jerks.

Here, I will discuss the absence seizure.  There are two types: simple and complex.