What is the probability of getting Epilepsy?

Answer 1

Someone who has Epilepsy has it all the time. What you really mean is how often do they have seizures. There is no single answer for that, as different people have them at different times. Some people could go years without having a seizure. Others might only go a few hours without having one. It depends on the type of epilepsy, the severity of the epilepsy and the triggers for individual people. A trigger is something that may cause a person to have a seizure. If they avoid their personal triggers, then they could go without seizures for a long time.

One form of epilepsy, which only affects about 3% to 5% of people with epilepsy is photosensitive epilepsy. This is the form when people have their seizures triggered by light patterns. Most people associate this with flashing lights, but there can be other causes. If someone has photosensitive epilepsy and regularly expose themselves to situations where they encounter flashing lights, then they will have more seizures. If they keep away from those situations, then they could go without them for a very long time.

Other people have no problems with flashing lights, but will get seizures due to things like stress. If they avoid stressful situations, then they won't have seizures very often. So someone will have epilepsy all the time, but will only have seizures occasionally, if they look after themselves and avoid their triggers as much as possible.

Edit: *** Depends on their triggers like me for example i have seizures and one of my triggers is stress that's hard to avoid but I meditate, listen to music, hang with friends, shop, get nails done, fix my hair, go out on a date, Girls Night Only, and text. These are what I do other people could do something else.***

Answer 2

At all times there is electrical activity going on in the brain. When someone has an epileptic seizure it is because of a sudden increased amount of electrical activity, usually in one part of their brain. Where in the brain it happens will be different for different people. Why it happens will also differ. The effects and results of the seizure will also vary from one person to another. It could be brief and have hardly any effect or it could be a major seizure.