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Can somebody acquire epilepsy?


Is it possible to "get" epilepsy, or are people born with it?

you're born with it, but you can develop other seizure disorders.

Epilepsy is something is manifested in childhood. However you can develop a seizure disorder from a numerous of scenarios. . . .high fevers after vaccinations, poisionings, not having enough oxygen, head injuries, aneurysms, brain tumors and once you have one you will most likely be on anti-seizure meds for the rest of your life.

You can develop epilepsy or other seizure disorders from high fever, trauma to the head or brain tumors. Other factors may also cause a person to have epilepsy. My son started having seizures about a week ago and he is very young. He was most likely born with the condition that is causing his.

Both. Some people are born with it and then there are people like me. I started having seizures when I was 13. For no reason at all, had no fever or head injury or anything like that. My Epileptologist has no answers as to why I just all of a sudden woke up one morning and has a seizure. Then 6 months later had another. I am 28 years old now and am still on different meds to control my seizures. If you would like to know any more info about epilepsy go to www.epilepsy.com

Both. Of course you are not diagnosed with it until you have a seizure.

You can acquire epilepsy at any time as a result of many things--commonly head injury, illness or for unknown reasons.

I know someone who started having seizure at 19. And I am pretty sure that he is consider to have epilepsy.

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/

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