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Not necessarily. Epilepsy has a wide range of causes. Anything that has a strong affect on the brain can be likely to cause seizures. Smoking hard substances that affect the brain could lead to seizures.
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∙ 14y agoEpilepsy has various causes and triggers to actual seizures, but smoking would not be one of them.
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Does smoking decrease epileptic seizure activity?
No.
Can electro stimulation cause a seizure in a person who has never had a seizure?
Yes, electroconvulsive therapy can cause a seizure in people that have never had a seizure. However, beyond that, general electrical stimulation on the body (such as with a TENS machine) should not induce a seizure in a person who is not an epileptic.
What are the release dates for Epileptic Seizure Comparison - 1976?
Epileptic Seizure Comparison - 1976 was released on: USA: 1976
A major epileptic seizure is referred to as?
A Grand Mal seizure.
How do you use seizure in a sentence?
The epileptic seizure caused him to fall to the floor and convulse.
An epileptic seizure which cuasesconvulsions of the body?
A "Grand Mal" seizure is likely to have that sort of affect.
What is an epileptic fit?
An epileptic seizure is usually caused by some electrical activity in the brain. We all have electrical activity in the brain. If there is an excessive amount, this can cause an epileptic seizure. This can cause the person not to feel well, possibly lose conciousness, and have unusual physical activity because their brain is not working properly. Some physical activity could be very minor, like small movements or could be much larger like physical jolting of parts of the body. A seizure will usually not last very long and the person will soon return to normal.
Is a epileptic seizure legally considered an act of god?
No they are not. An act of God is generally described in legal texts and cases as something that occurs strictly as a result of the forces of nature without any human intervention. An epileptic seizure is an event cause by a condition or disease in the human body. While the epileptic condition may have developed without any specific cause by a person, it is not the type of force of nature that the legal system contemplates within that term.
What causes seizures in kids?
There are several reasons why a seizure will occur, The most comman reason if not epileptic, is a high fever. Also if a trauma to the head or a lesion on the brain can cause a seizure
Is it fun to be an epileptic?
Most people with epilepsy lead very normal lives, but it is not fun to have a seizure and for some people epilepsy can cause problems in their lives and restrict what they can do.
Cdl regulations when you get epileptic seizure?
You need to hang it up. If you're prone to epileptic seizures, you're a hazard to yourself and to everyone around you.
Can a stroke happen during an epileptic seizure?
A person can have a stroke at absolutely any time. So someone could have one while having a seizure. That is not to say that a seizure can cause a stroke or a stroke can cause a seizure, or that they are particularly related as generally neither would do anything like that. Both affect the brain, but are two very different kinds of problems caused by different factors.
