About 5-35% of all children with roseola will have these "febrile seizures."
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There are many medications out there that can be used to treat partial seizures. Someone with epilepsy may have trouble finding a cure for their seizures.
Many medications and medical treatments can induce seizures or negitively affect those people with a history of seizures.
Untreated, petit mal seizures can recur as many as 100 times a day and may progress to grand mal seizures.
If someone has regular seizures, then they have epilepsy. What causes their seizures can be many different things, as it is different for different people. What form their seizures take will also be different for different people.
Epilepsy is defined as being the tendency to have recurring seizures. So the primary symptom of epilepsy is seizures. Seizures come in many types and many ranges of severity. There is the stereotypical view of seizures as being someone shaking all over violently, but many seizures can be so mild that you would not even notice that a person who is sitting beside you is having one.
Yes. Epilepsy isn't necessarily a lifelong condition. Many people will stop having seizures, but some will continue to have them for the rest of their life. It depends on the type and causes of their seizures. There are many factors to consider.
Not necessarily, though many children do grow out of epilepsy. It will depend on the cause and each case is different. Only a doctor can advise on a particular individual.
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Many types of seizures are controllable with medication. The problem is that many are not. Most people with a chronic seizure condition (epilepsy) can have their seizures well controlled with medications, yet once in a while if they are ill or under extreme stress, they may have an occasional one. Other seizures are caused by medical conditions and are usually one of the symptoms of increasing illness. There are medications that can be given to control these seizures as well, but they are only truly resolved if the condition that caused them is resolved. The last kind are febrile seizures. They often occur in young children, only require medication if they are frequent, and the children often "grow out" of the condition as they mature. If you are having seizures, or know someone who is, please encourage a visit with a good doctor who can find the reasons for them and may be able to get them well under control.
Seizures happen in the brain. As your brain effects the entire body, other parts can be seen to be affected when seizures happen, like people shaking. Your brain is constantly active, with lots of electrical activity. If something disrupts that activity then the brain may malfunction for a moment. In simple terms that is what happens when seizures happen. In reality it is far more complicated than that. There are many kinds of seizures and many causes of seizures, so there is not a single specific answer to that part of your question. Seizures have many causes and many levels of severity. What causes a seizure in one person may have no effect on someone else. It is commonly thought that flashing lights cause seizures for anyone that has epilepsy. In fact that is a cause of seizures in only about 3% to 5% of all people who have epilepsy. So most people with epilepsy have absolutely no problem with flashing lights. Their seizures have other causes which can be many and varied.