Question

A patient has recently been frequenting the hospital, claiming that his son has been diagnosed with epilepsy. Are epilepsy and seizure the same disease?

Answer

Epilepsy is a colloquial term for epilepsy, and the name for epilepsy varies in different regions. Epilepsy is a chronic, recurrent, and transient brain dysfunction syndrome, characterized by loss of consciousness, convulsions, and foaming at the mouth, and requires immediate treatment.