No. Epilepsy is not contagious. You cannot catch epilepsy from anybody.
Epilepsy is not a fatal condition. Unless your friend has a very severe form, there is little risk of it killing her. The vast majority of people with Epilepsy live very normal lives.
ask her/him how they feel about it and tell them how many other people have it to :)
Simon birch
There are many causes of epilepsy and whether your friend's child has a higher risk of developing it depends on the history of the parent's seizure disorder. Did your friend have epilepsy since birth? Did his parents or siblings have seizures? If that is the case then the child may have a slightly higher chance of developing epilepsy. But if the seizures of the parent started as a result of a head injury, a severe illness like encephalitus or menengitus, or due to some other insult to the brain, the baby will have no higher chance of developing epilepsy than any other child. Even if the parent was born with epilepsy, there is still a high probability that the baby will be fine. An fine and safe source of information can be found at epilepsyfoundation.org Best wishes to your friend and his new baby.
My friend has epilepsy, she had a seizure today at the carnival. my sister-in-law has epilepsy and she had a seizure while she was at the mall shopping my sister-in-law were out taking a walk along the beach her in her binki when she fell down and started to have a seizure on the beach
Epilepsy is the name of the illness. Someone who has epilepsy gets seizures. Epilepsy is the tendency to get seizures. Someone who gets regular seizures can be diagnosed as having Epilepsy.
yes epilepsy problematic in pregnancy .anyone and everyone can have epilepsy
Epilepsy is something that affects the brain, so you cannot get epilepsy in your leg.
It is possible for a there to be a family history of Epilepsy, but it can be caused by many different things. Many people with Epilepsy have no family history of Epilepsy.
Epilepsy comes from the Greek and means to seize, take hold of or attack.
Yes epilepsy still exists. Many people have epilepsy.
According to Epilepsy Ireland, the organisation in Ireland that deals with epilepsy, in 2009 there were 37,000 in Ireland with epilepsy. That is about 0.8% of the population.