Epilepsy: The brain’s ‘electrical storm’

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By Dr Santosh Mhetre  (Paediatric consultant)
What to tell your doctor

Most doctors will never see your child have a seizure; they don’t happen often in the doctor’s office. It will help the doctor if you write down what the child was doing just before the seizure began, what happened during the seizure, how long it lasted, and how quickly your child recovered afterwards.
Diagnosis

Talk to your doctor if your child has seizures, staring spells, confusion spells, shaking spells, or unexplained deterioration of school performance. He will take a medical history and examine your child, looking for findings that suggest problems with the brain and the rest of the neurological system.