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Epilepsy is not a mental illness and does not affect intelligence. So people with epilepsy are well capable of getting degrees and much higher qualifications. So statistics like those you are asking for would not be kept. People with epilepsy lead very normal lives and perform as well as other people in many aspects of life.
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Was epilepsy commonin the 1900s?
Epilepsy has been in existence for as long as people can remember, so it would have been common in all centuries. About 1 in every 200 people has epilepsy.
Why do people have epilepsy daily?
Epilepsy is the name of the condition, so anyone that has it all the time. Some get seizures daily, which is what you are referring to, and some people do not get seizures ever day, but still have epilepsy. Epilepsy comes in different forms and different levels of severity. So some people have it very serious and so they get seizures every day. Others may only get seizures every few days or every few weeks or every few months or even every few years. So the people who get seizures daily are the people who have a more severe form of epilepsy and have their seizures very regularly.
How many people in the world have epilepsy?
About 1 in every 200 people has epilepsy. So based on a world population of about 7 billion people, that would be about 35 million.
What percentage of Canadians have epilepsy?
In general around the world, 1 in every 200 people can have epilepsy, or 0.05%. It would therefore be no different in Canada.
Who can be affected by epilepsy?
Anyone can be affected by Epilepsy. About 1 in every 200 people have Epilepsy. Epilepsy is diagnosed when you have recurring seizures. However almost everyone can have some sort of a seizure at some point in their lifetime, and never have one again. There are many causes for Epilepsy and many forms. Epilepsy is basically a catch-all term for the many forms that there are.
How many young kids have epilepsy?
One out of every hundred kids have epilepsy.
How many people are affected by epilepsy?
About 1 in every 200 people, that is 0.5%, have epilepsy. Epilepsy is the tendency to have recurring seizures. In other words people who have epilepsy can have seizures regularly. Everyone has the potential to have seizures in their lifetime, but may only do so once or twice, and so they are not classed as having epilepsy.
Can a person who has epilepsy be classed as disabled to the point that they need a wheel chair?
Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.Someone with Epilepsy does not need a wheelchair, unless they have additional conditions which affected their ability to walk. Most people with Epilepsy lead very normal lives and would not even class themselves as being disabled at all. It is only when they are actually having a seizure that there is a problem. Other conditions effect people every moment of their lives, like having a visual impairment, but Epilepsy does not.
Is there any chance of suffering from epilepsy time and again once it occurs?
For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.For some people they will have it for the rest of their life. For others, it could stop after some time and they would never have a seizure again. It will depend on things like the type of epilepsy they have and the causes of the epilepsy. Some may get it well controlled by medication. So there is no definitive answer. Every case is different.
How many people die a year from seizures?
According to available information, about 60 million people world wide have epilepsy at any one time. Every year there are 30 to 50 new cases of epilepsy per 100,000 people. Among all people with epilepsy, the gender breakdown is 48% female and 52% male. There are two times in life when epilepsy is more likely to occur: during childhood and after the age of 55. In the United States, about 9 out of every 1,000 people are treated for epilepsy in any given year, about 5% of the world's population may have one or more seizures at some time in their lives.
What percent of children are epileptic?
Epilepsy can affect people of any age. It is said that about 1 in every 200 people will have epileptic incidents at some point in their lives. So you could say 0.5%. However it is hard to put it into specific figures for children. Children can have epilepsy and then grow out of it as they get older.
How do you avoid getting epilepsy?
There are many reasons and causes of epilepsy, so it is not really possible to say what can be done to avoid it. It isn't like an infectious disease that you can get vaccinated against. Only about 1 in every 200 people have some form of epilepsy. Something like a head injury can result in epilepsy, so you could say that trying to avoid getting any sort of a serious head injury in your lifetime is one way or trying to avoid getting epilepsy.
