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Epilepsy is split into Epileptic seizures appear in two types: focal and generalized. The first type of focal seizures is the one without loss of consciousness, but with jerking of different body parts or a change in the perception of reality. The second type is focal seizures with impaired consciousness or change of awareness. On the other hand, generalized epilepsy types are absence seizures, tonic seizures, atonic seizures, clonic seizures and so on. <ref name=”[36]”> Epilepsy. (2019, August 10), at [https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/epilepsy/symptoms-causes/syc-20350093 “https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/epilepsy/symptoms-causes/syc-20350093”].</ref>
→Genetic Pathophysiology and Seizure types
One of the reasons for epilepsy development is the genetic background. While the exact background is still unknown, there are certain genes that were found to be involved in the progression of the epilepsy, for example SCN1A and SCN8A that are active in the production of sodium channels and can therefore contribute to the epilepsy succession. <ref name=”[14]”> Guo, W., Shang, D.-M., Cao, J.-H., Feng, K., He, Y.-C., Jiang, Y., … Gao, Y.-F. (2017). Identifying and Analyzing Novel Epilepsy-Related Genes Using Random Walk with Restart Algorithm. Introduction , at [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309434/ “https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5309434/”].</ref>
Focal seizures include automatisms, behavior arrest, hyperkinetic, autonomic, cognitive and emotional, while atonic, clonic, epileptic spasms, myoclonic and tonic seizures can be both focal or generalized. Generalized seizure types absence with eyelid myoclonida, myoclonic absence, myoclonic - atonic, myoclonic - tonic - clonic. <ref name=”[42]”> Fisher, R. S., Cross, J. H., French, J. A., Higurashi, N., Hirsch, E., Jansen, F. E., … Zuberi, S. M. (2017, April). Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology, at [ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28276060
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