How Epilepsy Is Treated When Medications Fail Or Surgery Cannot Be Performed

If antiepileptic medications do not control seizures, and brain surgery is not possible because the epileptic region is located near sensitive areas in the brain, then certain techniques can help.

For medically-resistant epileptic patients, surgery is the best option to completely control seizures. However, surgery may not be possible if the epileptic region is a part of the brain that, if removed, will result in major neurological complications.  ( Image Source :Getty )

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder in which repeated seizures occur, which are sudden alterations in one's behaviour due to a temporary change in the electrical functioning of the brain. In normal patients, tiny electrical impulses are generated inside the brain in an orderly pattern. The electrical impulses travel inside the brain via neurons, and throughout the body via chemical messengers known as neurotransmitters.  However, in an epileptic patient, the brain's electrical rhythms