Clinical features of different epilepsy

Grandmal epilepsy or Generalized tonic clonic epilepsy: It is charecterized by aura followed by tonic contraction of body progressing to rapid jerky clonic movements followed by unconsciousness. There may be respiratory depression followed by an attack of epilepsy

Absense siezures: Suddenly patient may go into black out or momentarily loss of consciousness. This may occur many times per day but the patient is not aware of that

Atonic epilepsy: There is sudden loss of tone of entire body

Myoclonic epilepsy: There is electric current like jerky movements in limbs

simple partial: seizures are localized to a particular group of muscles & patient does not loose consciousness

Complex partial:seizures are localized to a particular group of muscles & patient looses consciousness