Epilepsy Action
In the UK, there are over 600,000 people with epilepsy.
If you have epilepsy, it means you have had more than one epileptic seizure and could have more in the future.
Electrical activity is happening in our brain all the time. A seizure happens when there is a sudden burst of intense electrical activity. This is often referred to as epileptic activity. This intense electrical activity causes a temporary disruption to the way the brain normally works, meaning that the brain’s messages become mixed up. The result is an epileptic seizure.
The brain is responsible for all the functions of your body. What you experience during a seizure will depend on where in your brain the epileptic activity begins and how widely and rapidly it spreads.
For this reason, there are many different types of seizure and each person will experience epilepsy in a way that is unique to them.
Epilepsy Action has more information about different types of seizures.
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Contact Details
- Telephone
- 0808 800 5050 0808 800 5050
- helpline@epilepsy.org.uk
- Website
- Epilepsy Action
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Where to go
- Address
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Epilepsy Action, New Anstey House
Gate Way Drive
Yeadon
Leeds
- Postcode
- LS19 7XY
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- Description
Epilepsy Action provides everything you need to know about Epilepsy, including an Introduction to Epilepsy, Medicines and Treatments and Living with epilepsy. See their website for full details of the services they provide.
Epilepsy Action has two new websites for children and young people. They are full of useful facts and tips on living with epilepsy.
Access the children's website here
Access the Young People's website here
