Anti-: Prefix generally meaning against, opposite or opposing, and contrary.. In medicine, anti-often connotes counteracting or effective against as in antibacterial, anti-infective, and antiviral. Sometimes medical terms containing anti-take on new meanings as has occurred with antibiotic and antibody.
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.
Seizures of all types are caused by disorganized and sudden electrical activity in the brain. Causes of seizures can include: Abnormal levels of sodium or glucose in the blood. Brain infection, including meningitis. Brain injury that occurs to the baby during labor or childbirth.