If a person is diagnosed with epilepsy, it means that their brain’s activity goes beyond the normal range at times. All this can cause seizures, unusual behavior, strange sensations, loss of consciousness. At the same time, seizures can affect any brain-related process. Symptoms of seizures include temporary confusion, uncontrollable twitching of limbs, staring, loss of consciousness.
In about 50% of people with this disease, the cause of epilepsy cannot be determined. In the remaining 50%, one of the factors such as genetics, head trauma, infections (HIV, viral encephalitis, meningitis, some parasitic infections), brain abnormalities, prenatal trauma (taken before birth), developmental disorders (autism). Why.
Certain factors can also increase the chance of contracting this disease. For example, age (childhood or old age), family history, head injury, stroke and other vascular diseases, brain infections, dementia, childhood seizures.
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Source: Ferra
