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  • Epilepsy & Seizure Specialists

  • Step-wise instructions for the patient and family of someone with seizures. Learn more...

  • Why do we get seizures? Click here to find out.
    A seizure is a sudden increase in electrical activity within the brain as brain cells increase their communication. This increased communication is abnormal and can worsen until those brain cells affected by this increased electrical activity produce an outward change in an person we call a seizure. 

  • There is no test that is always abnormal in determining seizures, but there are several tests that look at pictures of the brain and can be helpful.
    There is no test that is always abnormal in determining seizures, but there are several tests that look at pictures of the brain and can be helpful.

  • Two or three medicines may need to be tried before the right one is found, but generally the most successful drugs are tried first.
    Two or three medicines may need to be tried before the right one is found, but generally the most successful drugs are tried first.

  • If you have more than one event called a seizure without a separate treatable cause, then you have epilepsy. Many times seizures are solitary and either are treated briefly or not at all.
    Seizures and possibly epilepsy are initially based on the description of what happened. Seizures come in many types and the things that happen during them can vary.

  • Click here to find out answers to your Frequently Asked Questions.
    Click here to find out answers to your Frequently Asked Questions.

  • Treating seizures with medicines has many aspects and there are many choices to be made.
    Treating seizures with medicines has many aspects and there are many choices to be made.

  • Epilepsy & Seizure Specialists

  • Epilepsy surgery is performed at the Regional Epilepsy Center at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee. For more information, see other treatments for epilepsy in Continuing Seizures.
    Click here to learn if you could be a candidate for surgical treatment.

  • The first line of treatment for epilepsy is the use of anti-seizure medication along with close monitoring to assess seizure control and medical side effects.
    Find out what a new patient can expect when coming to the Epilepsy & Seizure Care Specialists
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    Main Location
    2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy  
    Suite 570    
    Milwaukee, WI  53215
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    Main Location
    2801 W. Kinnickinnic River Pkwy  
    Suite 570    
    Milwaukee, WI  53215
 Non-Epileptic Events
Not all seizures are epileptic in origin.  When making an initial diagnosis, a doctor will conduct various tests to rule out other causes. More>>
Additional Diagnostic Tests
All of the diagnostic procedures are available at the Regional Epilepsy Center at Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee.
Epilepsy in Special Populations
Both children and mature patients with epilepsy require special attention.
Continuing seizures (despite medication)
There are many people in whom medications have never stopped seizures without difficult side effects. These patients need more evaluation.
Other treatments for epilepsy
The vagus nerve is one of the cranial nerves and provides access into the central nervous system without interfering with outgoing messages from the brain to the body.
Special issues pertaining to women and epilepsy
It has become increasingly clear that many additional elements in epilepsy require specific attention when dealing with the female patient.

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