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  2. Issues for people with epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Epilepsy can have tremendous social issues for patients. Social acceptance from others is a common challenge. Though persons with epilepsy are otherwise just like anyone else, there are stigmas associated with epilepsy that can affect one's acceptance among others. Depression is common due to impaired social acceptance. [1]

  3. 'Stigma, fear and misperceptions': How racial disparities ...

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    Epilepsy, a brain disorder that causes seizures, is one of the most common conditions that affects the brain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 3.4 million ...

  4. Epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    Learning disabilities are common in those with the condition, and especially among children with epilepsy. [26] The stigma of epilepsy can also affect the families of those with the disorder. [31] Certain disorders occur more often in people with epilepsy, depending partly on the epilepsy syndrome present.

  5. Epilepsy and employment - Wikipedia

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    Epilepsy can affect employment for a variety of reasons. Many employers are reluctant to hire a person they know has epilepsy, even if the seizures are controlled by medication. If the employee has a seizure while at work, they could harm themselves (but rarely others, contrary to popular belief) depending on the nature of the work.

  6. People with epilepsy can get seizures at any time. This card ...

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    Local epilepsy advocates have developed emergency medical cards with a step-by-step guide for people who encounter someone experiencing a seizure. People with epilepsy can get seizures at any time ...

  7. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    The risk of sudden death in young adults with epilepsy is increased 20-40-fold compared to the general population. [32] [33] [20] SUDEP is the number one cause of epilepsy-related death in people with pharmacoresistant epilepsy. [20] Children with epilepsy have a cumulative risk of dying suddenly of 7% within 40 years. [20]

  8. Epilepsy in children - Wikipedia

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    A seizure is an abnormal neuronal brain activity that can cause intellectual, emotional, and social consequences. Epilepsy affects children and adults of all ages and races, and is one of the most common neurological disorders of the nervous system. [1]

  9. Seizure - Wikipedia

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    A seizure is a sudden change in behavior, movement or consciousness due to abnormal electrical activity in the brain. [3] [6] Seizures can look different in different people.. It can be uncontrolled shaking of the whole body (tonic-clonic seizures) or a person spacing out for a few seconds (absence seizure

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