Question
Patient Gender: The child occasionally experiences blind spots and has had seizures every year for the past three years. Is this epilepsy? Will there be any issues if medication is not taken?
Answer
Since epilepsy seizures typically involve whole-body convulsions, distorted facial expressions, and an ugly appearance, some people mistakenly believe that any seizure is an epilepsy attack. There is a significant difference between convulsions and epilepsy; convulsions are merely occasional, single episodes, whereas epilepsy involves recurrent attacks.