How much do you know about seizures? | Epilepsy Action Learning

Question 1 of 6

What you experience during a seizure depends on:

What you were doing before the seizure happened
Where in your brain the epileptic activity begins and how widely and rapidly it spreads
How often you have seizures

Question 2 of 6

What type of seizure is being described?
“I’m told that I make a strange noise, then fall to the floor and start shaking. Sometimes my lips turn blue. I sometimes wet myself.”

Tonic-clonic
Myoclonic
Atonic

Question 3 of 6

What type of seizure is being described?
“Usually my left arm suddenly jerks upwards. Sometimes I knock things over when it happens”

Tonic
Myoclonic
Absence

Question 4 of 6

What type of seizure is being described?
“I can hear that people around me are talking but I can’t understand what they’re saying.”

Focal impaired awareness
Absence
Tonic-clonic

Question 5 of 6

Match the description to the right category.

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Both halves of the brain affected
Just one part of the brain affected

Generalised seizure
Focal seizure

Question 6 of 6

True or false: some people stay aware during a focal seizure.

True
False

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