Epilepsy is a neurological condition which results from sudden bursts of hyperactivity in the brain.

• This causes “seizures” which vary in form, strength and frequency depending on where in the brain abnormal activity is found.
• Epilepsy is the diagnosis and seizures are the symptom.

Seizures are caused by a physical reaction in the brain.

• For people with epilepsy, sometimes a group of brain cells have an erratic electrical discharge. This causes a seizure.
• A seizure is temporary

If a person has two or more seizures that are not related to another condition, that are unprovoked, that person will be diagnosed as having epilepsy.