Understanding Epilepsy defines epilepsy using easy-to-understand descriptions and non-threatening illustrations. It discusses causes, symptoms and the phases of a seizure, explains how epilepsy is diagnosed and tells readers what to do if someone has a seizure.

Understanding Epilepsy defines epilepsy with easy to understand descriptions and non-threatening illustrations.

Discusses:
causes of epilepsy
illustrates how the brain works
defines seizures including the phases of a seizure

Also covers:
the symptoms of epilepsy
what to do if someone has a seizure
diagnosing epilepsy
various tests used to diagnose

Illustrations and text show brain activity for generalized and partial seizures and define the main forms of these types of seizures.

Dimensions for this chart are 20" x 26" (51cm x 66cm)

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