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Symptomatic epilepsies can also be broken down into two main categories: genetic epilepsy, and aquired epilepsy. The general known causes for symptomatic epilepsy are: birth defects, toxic substances affecting the brain, lesions caused by accident or hemorrhaging, and finally, neurocirculatory dysfunction. In clinical terms, seizures are generally catagorized according to the table below.
Table 1. Seizure Classification (adapted from The EpiCentre, 1993).
| Type of Seizure (broad) | Type of Seizure (specific) | Typical Symptoms |
| Partial Seizures | Simple Partial Seizures | No loss of consciousness |
| Complex Partial Seizures | Some alteration of awareness | |
| Generalized Seizures | Absence Seizures | Loss of consciousness for short times |
| Tonic-Clonic Seizures | Limbs become stiff and rigid followed by violent convulsions |
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