Epilepsy is a disorder with numerous possible causes. Epilepsy is classified according to cause in three types:
1. Cryptogenic epilepsy
2. Symptomatic epilepsy
3. Idiopathic epilepsy
Cryptogenic epilepsy is describe as those epilepsy whose causes are not found. Symptomatic epilepsy is when they are associated to identifiable disease or brain abnormalities and last type is idiopathic epilepsy. Idiopathic epilepsy is diagnosed when a genetic cause for the seizure is suspected (Semah et al., 2002). Further causes of epilepsy are divided into acute and remote causes. Acute cause is the active brain disease and second cause is the consequence of injury caused by a preceding event. Various potential causes of epilepsy are:-
• Brain malformations
1. Cryptogenic epilepsy
2. Symptomatic epilepsy
3. Idiopathic epilepsy
Cryptogenic epilepsy is describe as those epilepsy whose causes are not found. Symptomatic epilepsy is when they are associated to identifiable disease or brain abnormalities and last type is idiopathic epilepsy. Idiopathic epilepsy is diagnosed when a genetic cause for the seizure is suspected (Semah et al., 2002). Further causes of epilepsy are divided into acute and remote causes. Acute cause is the active brain disease and second cause is the consequence of injury caused by a preceding event. Various potential causes of epilepsy are:-
• Brain malformations