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What Causes Epilepsy
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What causes epilepsy

posted April 6, 2019
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I was born with my Epilepsy and it wasn’t genetics. The Dr. had two theories for it.

1: it may of been from me being breached during my mom’s pregnancy delivery .

2 : during my mom’s pregnancy, she had the Flu 🤧 . They think that it’s possible , that when she would cough , it would throw me around her rib cage

posted April 11, 2019
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

There many things that can cause Epilepsy. It can be genetically passed from your family, hitting your head just right, head whiplashed, high fever , a tumor removed off the brain, getting severely sick and ect.

posted April 8, 2019 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

It's when your nuro transmitiors misfire in your brain so badically your brain has a temp short and resets like a glitch

posted April 13, 2019
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Almost anything that’s the hard part like car accidents or a bad birth

posted April 20, 2019
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I believe there question refers to the disorder and not the actual seizure which has its own name. Most who contract Epilepsy do so via congenital aspects not limited to other family members who also suffer Epilepsy. Mine developed over a severe traumatic prenatal brain injury. Many develop from blunt trauma to the head. Encephalitis and Meningitis are also contributors, both are childhood illnesses I survived. Medications illicit Epilepsy as well. PTSD can slide to seizures disorders also

posted April 18, 2019

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