Generally epilepsy does not affect life expectancy, but it is important to be alert to unexpected situations that may occur during a seizure. Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease caused by excessive abnormal discharges of neurons in the brain, which can lead to sudden seizures, with clinical manifestations such as double eye rolling, foaming at the mouth, twitching of limbs, and impaired consciousness, etc. Symptoms vary from one type of epilepsy to another. In general, epilepsy does not affect life expectancy, but it is important to be alert to the unexpected situations that may occur during a seizure. Patients with epilepsy need to identify the cause of the disease early and carry out targeted treatment, such as brain tumors need to be removed in a timely manner, for the cause of the disease is not clear or there is a cause of the disease but can not be eradicated, medication can be carried out to alleviate the problem, can be under the guidance of the doctor to take drugs such as lamotrigine tablets, levobetirasitam tablets, sodium valproate extended-release tablets and other medications to carry out the treatment. Most patients can achieve the quality of life of normal people after active treatment, without affecting life expectancy.