Introduction to Epilepsy

About 3000 years ago, Epilepsy was perceived as an attack from demons or gods. In 400 B.C., Hippocrate suggested that it was in fact a disorder of the brain which was later on proven to be the right assumption.

When people are thinking about Epilepsy, they visualise physical spasms and convulsions accompanied by drooling, loss of consciousness, loss of control of the bladder followed by a state of exhaustion. What they might not be aware of is that such an episode represents only one of several types of epileptic seizures: a generalized tonic-clonic seizure.

From superstitions to facts, the knowledge about Epilepsy certainly has come a long way!