Pattern of Pediatric Seizures at Al-Arish Central Hospital - North Sinai

A seizure or convulsion is a paroxysmal, time-limited change in motor activity and/or behavior that results from abnormal electrical activity in the brain .

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) have come to consensus definitions for the terms epileptic seizure and epilepsy, An epileptic seizure is a transient occurrence of signs and/or symptoms due to abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain but epilepsy is a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and by the neurobiologic, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of this condition.

Approximately 4-10% of children experience at least one seizure (febrile or a febrile) in the 1st 16 yr of life, the cumulative lifetime incidence of epilepsy is 3%, and more than half of the cases start in childhood.

Seizure disorder is a general term that is usually used to include any of several disorders, including epilepsy, febrile seizures, and possibly single seizures and symptomatic seizures secondary to metabolic, infectious, or other etiologies (e.g., hypocalcaemia,meningitis).

In the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) classification of etiology of epilepsy, idiopathic epilepsy which occur without organic cause, and symptomatic epilepsy that associated with underlying brain disorder that may or may not be genetic .