Epilepsy originates from a Greek word epilepsia meaning falling sickness. True to the meaning, the patient falls after a change in the electrical discharge by the brain cells.
Epilepsy is a brain disorder causing repeated seizures or fits in the patient.
This can happen to anybody without age difference. The seizures that occur in young children are called Febrile convulsions. There are different causes for seizures or fits. These vary from person to person. In some people hormone changes during pregnancy or menstruation can cause an epileptic attack.