Classification of epilepsy 1. Partial seizures involve a part of the body and may or may not be accompanied by impaired consciousness; 2. Generalized seizures involve the whole body and are usually accompanied by impaired consciousness. Both can be present in one patient at the same time. Partial seizures can also be converted to full-blown seizures, called secondary full-blown seizures. Pediatric epilepsy and epilepsy syndromes Newborns, small infants, children, and adolescents have a high incidence of epilepsy. The human brain is more fragile during this time and is susceptible to epilepsy due to birth injuries and various inflammatory conditions in the brain. It is also a critical time for human brain development, and epilepsy caused by abnormal brain development or dysfunction is also most common in this age group. Pediatric epilepsy presents two extremes, or is the type with a very good prognosis, such as childhood aphasic seizures, which are caused by a transient brain dysfunction during brain development, with relatively mild seizure symptoms and only brief periods of frottage, which are very well treated with medication and can mostly be cured. Other types, on the other hand, are very tricky and unlikely to be cured. The types of seizures that are characteristic of epilepsy combined with the patient’s age, gender, EEG features, and cause of onset are the various epilepsy syndromes. Temporal lobe epilepsy syndrome refers specifically to epilepsy originating in the temporal lobe, characterized by episodes of dazedness for tens of seconds to minutes, accompanied by small movements of the mouth or hands, which can be followed by grand mal seizures with jerking of the limbs, occurring at all ages. What is intractable epilepsy? Epilepsy that has been treated with standard medication for more than 2 years or the correct medication regimen has been adjusted 3 times or more, but still cannot control its recurrent seizures, is called drug-refractory epilepsy, commonly known as intractable epilepsy.