Without treatment there is a danger of a more severe seizure disorder developing in the future . The public is apprehensive about epilepsy and in general doubts the competence of people with epilepsy. A person having a seizure can swallow their tongue. Nothing should be placed in the mouth during a seizure. Placing something in the mouth could cause dislocation of the jaw, broken teeth or other severe injuries.
Epilepsy is contagious.
Epilepsy is a disorder, not a disease. It is the abnormal electrical firing of the brain due to varied and numerous causes which are not contagious. A person having this type of seizure will lose consciousness and may twitch, convulse, become rigid, and possibly salivate, urinate, or vomit. Tonic refers to the stiffening of the muscles at the beginning of the seizure. Clonic is the jerking or twitching of the muscles which follows.