Epilepsy is a chronic or long-term brain disorder that causes unusual brain activity leading to seizures, abnormal sensations and loss of consciousness. Epilepsy can affect anyone irrespective of age group, gender, race or ethnic background. Symptoms of epilepsy may be as mild as staring into space to violent jerking movements of the limbs. 75% of people living in low-income and middle-income countries do not get adequate treatment and are subject to social stigma and discrimination in many parts of the world. Treatment of epilepsy includes antiepileptic medications, and 70% of people have responded positively to them. In some cases where medicines fail to provide relief, surgery helps to control the seizures. Some individuals may require lifelong treatment along with avoiding the trigger factors like blinking lights, loud noises, lack of sleep and excessive stress being the most common ones.