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• Common Types of Seizures
• Epilepsy Medications
• Symptoms of Epilepsy
• Can Hormones Affect Epilepsy?
• Tests for Epilepsy
• Ketogenic Diet for Epilepsy

Medical ReferenceRelated to Epilepsy

1. Epilepsy Treatments: Find the Right Medication
   
   WebMD helps you navigate epilepsy medications to find the most appropriate one for you.
   
2. Treatment for Epilepsy
   
   WebMD explains various treatment options for epilepsy.
   
3. Drugs for Children With Epilepsy
   
   Advances in epilepsy drug research have made a real difference in the lives of children with the disease. WebMD tells you more.
   
4. Epilepsy Drugs to Treat Seizures
   
   WebMD explains the various drugs used to treat epilepsy and seizures, including side effects.
   
5. Understanding Epilepsy -- Diagnosis and Treatment
   
   Read about epilepsy, including how it's diagnosed and treated.
   
6. Working With Your Doctor for the Best Epilepsy Treatment
   
   If you've just been diagnosed with epilepsy, you will want to know all your options for treatment. WebMD explains various medications and surgical options to control seizures.
   
7. Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
   
   The details about this rare form of epilepsy.
   
8. Epilepsy Drugs for Children
   
   There are a wide number of drugs available for treating epilepsy in children, and advances in the past years have made a difference. WebMD tells you more.
   
9. Women, Pregnancy, and Epilepsy
   
   Women with epilepsy overwhelmingly have healthy babies. But it's important to work closely with doctors throughout the pregnancy to ensure that they are taking the right epilepsy medications and other supplements to prevent against birth defects. WebMD tells you more.
   
10. Epilepsy and the Spinal Tap
    
    One test for epilepsy is the spinal tap, which can measure pressure on the brain, the presence of abnormal cells or bacteria, and glucose levels. WebMD explains why and how the procedure is performed.