- Facts about Epilepsy
- Risk Factors for Epilepsy
- Seizures
- Sudden Unexplained Death
in Epilepsy (SUDEP) - Epilepsy and Contraception
(It is possible to develop epilepsy with or without these factors but these factors increase the possibility)
- Injury to the brain
- Head injury (trauma) / birth injury
- Cerebral malformation
- Stroke
- Vasculitis – e.g. Systemic Lupus erythmetosis
- Tumour (Primary or metastatic)
- Conditions that might deprive the brain of oxygen – for example near drowning.
- Infective causes: e.g. – meningitis, encephalitis, febrile convulsions etc.
- Metabolic conditions like hypoxia, low blood sugar, low or high salt, low magnesium or calcium etc.
- Exposure to lead, carbon mono oxide or other environmental toxins
- Overdose or withdrawal or certain medications
- Alcoholism