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No. Epilepsy is not contagious. You cannot catch epilepsy from anybody.

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....however, I am an epileptic, my friend is also an epileptic, one-day we found ourselves sharing a hospital ward because while we were chatting in a café, one if us triggered the other....go figure..

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