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National Epilepsy Awareness Month – What You Should Know

Facts You May Not Know About Epilepsy

Below are 5 interesting facts that you may not know about epilepsy:

– Epilepsy would be random: 2 out of 3 people with this disease have no specific cause.

– Seizures may occur in everyone: Not only people with epilepsy experience seizures. Instead, it may occur in anyone with low blood sugar, high fever, head trauma, or alcohol and drug withdrawal.

– Epilepsy may be fatal: This is especially true when you experience lengthy successions of seizures, lose consciousness, or fall.

– Swallowing the tongue during seizures is a myth

– Vincent Van Gogh would have experienced seizures [4]