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Common Epilepsy Causes and Seizure Triggers Causes of Epilepsy. There are around 180,000 new cases of epilepsy each year. About 30% occur in children. Children and elderly adults are the ones most often affected. There is a clear cause for epilepsy in only a minority of the cases. Typically, the known causes of seizure involve some injury to the brain. Some of the main causes of epilepsy include: 1  Low oxygen during birth.
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Kevin Conrad Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition or injury that affects the brain, or the cause may be unknown (idiopathic). Common causes of epilepsy include: 1  Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). 2  Dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. 3  Traumatic brain injury.4  Infections, including brain abscess, meningitis, encephalitis, and AIDS. 5  Brain problems that are present at birth (congenital brain defect).ommon causes of epilepsy include: 1  Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). 2  Dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. 3  Traumatic brain injury. 4  Infections, including brain abscess, meningitis, encephalitis, and AIDS. 5  Brain problems that are present at birth (congenital brain defect).
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Epilepsy - overview Epilepsy occurs when permanent changes in the brain cause it to be too excitable or irritable. As a result, the brain sends out abnormal signals. This leads to repeated, unpredictable seizures. (A single seizure that does not happen again is not epilepsy.) Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition or injury that affects the brain. Or the cause may be unknown (idiopathic).
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Epilepsy People with epilepsy in some areas of the world experience stigma due to the condition. The cause of most cases of epilepsy is unknown. Some cases occur as the result of brain injury, stroke, brain tumors, infections of the brain, and birth defects, through a process known as epileptogenesis. Known genetic mutations are directly linked to a small proportion of cases.
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Infant Epilepsy What Is It? Infant epilepsy refers to an epilepsy condition, consisting of recurrent seizures, which occurs in an infant patient. There are many potential causes of seizure and epilepsy in young children. A seizure is an attack of abnormal, rhythmic brain electrical activity in part or all of the brain.
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Epilepsy The cause of most cases of epilepsy is unknown, although some people develop epilepsy as the result of brain injury, stroke, brain tumor, and substance use disorders. Genetic mutations are linked to a small proportion of the disease.he cause of most cases of epilepsy is unknown, although some people develop epilepsy as the result of brain injury, stroke, brain tumor, and substance use disorders. Genetic mutations are linked to a small proportion of the disease.
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Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder) 1 Epilepsy is also associated with a variety of developmental and metabolic disorders. 2  Other causes include head injury, prenatal injury, and poisoning.  Triggers for seizures include lack of sleep, alcohol consumption, stress, or hormonal changes associated with the menstrual cycle.
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- Epilepsy in Children: Diagnosis & Treatment. Page Content. Epilepsy is the most common childhood brain disorder in the United States – nearly 3 million Americans have this condition (450,000 of which are under age 17). About two-thirds of all children with epilepsy outgrow their seizures by the time they are teenagers.
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Epilepsy - overview Epilepsy occurs when permanent changes in the brain cause it to be too excitable or irritable. As a result, the brain sends out abnormal signals. This leads to repeated, unpredictable seizures. Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition or injury that affects the brain.
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Epilepsy in Young Children: What Is the Treatment? It is important to treat epilepsy for several reasons. Untreated epilepsy places children at increased risk of accidents, such as drowning, head injury from a fall, or choking. Frequent seizures may create both social and academic disadvantages for children. Most seizures do not cause brain damage.Sometimes, however, it can be difficult to control generalized seizures. Sometimes a child having this kind of seizure will need intensive care to prevent brain damage or death.ost seizures do not cause brain damage. Sometimes, however, it can be difficult to control generalized seizures. Sometimes a child having this kind of seizure will need intensive care to prevent brain damage or death.
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Epilepsy Epilepsy may be due to a medical condition or injury that affects the brain, or the cause may be unknown (idiopathic). Common causes of epilepsy include: Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) Dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. Traumatic brain injury.
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Overview 1 Brain conditions that cause damage to the brain, such as brain tumors or strokes, can cause epilepsy. 2  Stroke is a leading cause of epilepsy in adults older than age 35. 3  Infectious diseases. 4  Infectious diseases, such as meningitis, AIDS and viral encephalitis, can cause epilepsy.
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- Cerebral palsy or other developmental neurological abnormalities may also be associated with epilepsy. About 20 percent of seizures in children can be attributed to developmental neurological conditions. Epilepsies often co-occur in people with abnormalities of brain development or other neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Childhood & Juvenile Absence Epilepsy These syndromes may cause other types of seizures as well. Childhood absence epilepsy begins at the age of five or six and usually goes away once the child is an adult. Juvenile absence epilepsy starts when the child is around 12 years old, and may continue for the rest of the child’s life.
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Epilepsy - What Happens It can develop at any age and may get worse over time or get better. Although uncommon, epilepsy that begins in a specific area of the brain may eventually affect another part of the brain. Some types of childhood epilepsy disappear after the child reaches the teenage years. Other types may continue for life.
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What is pediatric epilepsy? Seizures and epilepsy aren't a disease. Epilepsy is a reflection that there is something different about that person's brain functioning.. Pediatric epilepsy may be related to a temporary condition, such as withdrawal from certain drugs, or abnormal levels of sodium or glucose in the blood.
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Is Epilepsy Inherited? Causes of Epilepsy. There are many causes of epilepsy, and a connection has been shown between children with Down syndrome and epilepsy. Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic abnormality that is characterized by the presence of an additional chromosome 21.
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- Causes of epilepsy vary by age of the person. Some people with no clear cause of epilepsy may have a genetic cause. But what's true for every age is that the cause is unknown for about half of everyone with epilepsy. 1  Some people with no known cause of epilepsy may have a genetic form of epilepsy. 2  One or more genes may cause the epilepsy or epilepsy may be caused by the way some genes work in the brain.
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Epilepsy (Seizure Disorder) Epilepsy is a disorder with many possible causes. Anything that disturbs the normal pattern of neuron activity -- from illness to brain damage to abnormal brain development -- can lead to seizures.
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Causes of seizures About 2-5% of all children will experience such a seizure during their childhood. In most cases, a febrile seizure will not lead to epilepsy. Approximately 40% of children who experience a febrile seizure will have another one. In those with epilepsy, fever can trigger a seizure.
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Symptoms, causes, and treatment of epilepsy Epilepsy: Symptoms, causes, and treatments. People with epilepsy experience recurrent seizures. The seizures occur because of a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain. There is an overload of electrical activity in the brain, which causes a temporary disturbance in the messaging systems between brain cells. There are several types of seizures and each patient will have epilepsy in their own way.
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Seizures and Epilepsy in Children This type of seizure is associated with fever and is not epilepsy, although a fever may trigger a seizure in a child who has epilepsy. These seizures are more commonly seen in children between 6 months and 5 years of age and there may be a family history of this type of seizure.
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- Febrile seizures. This type of seizure is associated with fever and is not epilepsy, although a fever may trigger a seizure in a child who has epilepsy. These seizures are more commonly seen in children between 6 months and 5 years of age and there may be a family history of this type of seizure.
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Absence Seizures (Petit Mal Seizures) Epilepsy is a brain disorder that causes recurrent seizures if it is not treated. A child with repeated absence seizures is said to have childhood absence epilepsy or petit mal epilepsy. Absence epilepsy can begin at any time during childhood. Most often it starts between the ages of 4 and 15 years. In most cases, the reason for the seizures is unknown.
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Seizures and Epilepsy in Children Febrile seizures. This type of seizure is associated with fever and is not epilepsy, although a fever may trigger a seizure in a child who has epilepsy. These seizures are more commonly seen in children between six months and five years of age, and there may be a family history of this type of seizure.