What Is the Difference Between a Seizure and a Convulsion?
A seizure is a sudden burst of abnormal electrical activity in the brain, while a convulsion is uncontrolled shaking of the body as muscles repeatedly tighten and relax. A seizure can cause a convulsion, as it does in a tonic-clonic seizure. Many seizures never cause shaking, though, and some convulsions come from fainting or other […]