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Can Different Diseases Like Whopping Cough Or Tb Cause You To Have Seizures

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
Meadville, PA

I was very sick with whopping cough when I was 6 and not long after that I started having sezures grow out of if when I was 13 just for them to came back at 24 after getting tb weeks later I started having seizures again

February 23, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I wasn't taking kind of medication for fourteen years until it came back after having tb by the seizures are different now not as bad I started with one medication now I am on three

February 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

It’s a rarity for those who grow out of Epilepsy. Just because someone is seizure free , doesn’t mean, the Epilepsy is gone . They are still taking a form of medication or treatment for Epilepsy

Epilepsy is a form of brain damage. .

February 25, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Thanks for the answer to my question I have one more question when you grow out of epilepsy is there still in your body even those you don't have anymore seizures

February 24, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

Any infections around the brain like Bacterial Meningitis an cause the diagnosis of Epilepsy.

The whooping cough is a respiratory .

But Tuberculosis can cause Epilepsy alone with……….
Neurocysticerosis
Cerebral Malaria
T.O.R.C.H. Infection
Herpes Simplex
Viral Encephalitis
HIV

All can cause someone to get Epilepsy

February 23, 2023 (edited)

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