Do you know what epilepsy is? I hope so. if you don't, you really should. I'd like to ask you to take a moment and read this. This is very useful to know.

*What is epilepsy?*
Epilepsy is a disease. It can be mild, or it can be very severe. It all depends on the person. So what exactly does it do? It causes headaches, migraines, and most importantly, seizures.

*What's a seizure?*
Ugh. Seizure. My least favorite word in the English language. A seizure happens when the neurons in someone's brain are allowed by the brain to send totaly weird messages out to the different parts of the body. The parts we see can vary-sometimes, like in the case of a tonic-clonic seizure, the seizure is quite obvous. The person will typically follow this pattern for a tonic-clonic:weird groan, pass out, lie very still, have tense muscles, and they may stop breathing. If you happen to witness this, don't worry about the not breathing. They'll breath again soon, and no damage will be done(as far as I know.) At any rate, don't panic. That's all in the first phase of the seizure. In the second, the prson will shake ike crazy, toss about, and make involuntary movements. An absence seizure is when someone just kind of stares at something and won't respond to anything. It takes about 10 seconds. Note-if you see someone doing this, don't automatically assume it's a seizure. it could be, but it might not. Anyway, it woud take days for me to tell you all about every kind of seizure, but feel free to search "typws of seizures." on wikipedia and learn about them.

*Important responses for witnesses*
A witness' first reaction is to panic, especially if the victim has passed out. Please don't. Oh I beg of you, if you do, at least look calm. Panicking is bad. Really bad. First of all, when the victim wakes up, a calm, comforting person by their side is very important. It keeps them calm, too. After all, it's very embarrassing, and it's not pleasant. Second of all, if there are any other witnesses, one calm person might be able to calm the rest. At any rate, if you are worried for the person's safety, there are severa things you can do to help them that I'm sure they will appreciate(you know, once they're aware of what's happened.) First, you can make sure that there are no sharp objects anywhere nearby that they can hurt themselves on. Second, you can put them into the recovery position. (I believe that means to turn them on theirleft side. Might e