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The symptoms of epilepsy change depending on what sort of ictus the individual has. Possibly the simplest manner of explaining this is to give an overview of what the different sorts of ictus would look like to an perceiver and feel like to the individual experiencing them.

Partial ictuses are often called 'petit mal'. To the outside observer, the marks of this are not obvious ones. In the simple partial ictus the individual first have what is famously called an 'aura'. This is actually the first portion of the ictus activity. There is no loss of consciousness however, which can do it look like a separate phenomenon. The aura is not necessarily a set of visible lights shimmery in presence of the person. It is equally likely to affect a sense of numbness or tickling in some portion of the body. Alternatively, there may be a compulsive twitching start in the face of some other familiar portion of the body. It can be very unpleasant, like sickness or increased bosom rate. However, the aura have also been described as enraptured and may come up in the word form of hallucinations that are considered by the individual to be deserving the hurting of the ictus that volition inevitably follow.

The adjacent type of epileptic ictus is the complex partial seizure. To the observer, the epilepsy symptoms are obvious and disturbing. In this type of ictus the individual makes lose consciousness and they can continue to behaviour that is so odd and out of fictional character that they can be a danger to themselves and others. This behaviour can affect taking off clothes, doing strange random actions, walking around and mumbling. The assortment is eternal and quite individual and these ictuses can last from 30 seconds to 3 minutes.

The more than common construct of an epileptic ictus is of person having a 'fit'. This is the generalized tonic-clonic seizure, or 'grand mal' beginning with a sudden outcry and a fall. The stiffening of the organic structure that starts the procedure is called the tonic, the cramps and jerking that follow is called the clonic. This tin expression quite alarming, especially if the individual manages to seize with teeth their lingua and blood appears. It usually lasts for lone about 2 minutes, which can experience like an infinity if you are the onlooker. The individual usually needs some care and reassurance when they come up around as they are likely to experience confused and extremely tired after the epilepsy symptoms pass.

Finally there is a general grouping of tonic water and myclonic seizures. The myoclonics affect important musculus jerks, causing the individual to slop what they are holding or even to fall off the chair. Among the tonic water upsets here are two types of 'drop' attack, so called because they cause the individual to fall to the land if they go on to be standing. The 'tonic' causes the individual to travel rigid, while the 'atonic' predictably causes the individual to lose all tone of voice and also fall for that reason. In none of these last ictuses is there any noticeable loss of consciousness.