Epilepsy

Epilepsy: Putting It All Together

Name: Epilepsy: Putting It All Together - YMS - Your Medical Source
Published: 2023-09-18T13:05:46+00:00

Here is a summary of the important facts and information related to epilepsy.

Epilepsy is not a mental illness, and it does not cause mental illness.
Most epilepsy can be successfully treated with medications.
There are several different types of epileptic seizures-some are quite mild, while others are more severe.
Epilepsy does not necessarily keep people from driving or holding a job.
Epileptic seizures cannot be stopped by holding the person who is having the seizure. Trying to do so will only harm the person.
Do not put anything in the mouth of a person having a seizure.
Epilepsy is not contagious.
Only rare forms of epilepsy are inherited.