Perhaps they treat you like this because they don't understand the condition you have. Maybe they don't want to make you worse, or don't know how to treat you. They probably don't understand that epileptic seizures are not caused by behaivioral stress, but by flashing lights and the like.
Yes, epilepsy can have a hereditary component. While the exact cause of epilepsy is often unknown, genetic factors can play a role in certain types of epilepsy. If a close family member has epilepsy, there may be a slightly higher risk of developing the condition.
A fear that most people have about being around someone with epilepsy is witnessing the seizure if it happens, and/or not knowing what to do.
some people with epilepsy with epilepsy can not drive because they could get into a wreck and kill some
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There is no time or place that epilepsy can be said to have started. As long as there have been humans, many illnesses have existed and epilepsy would be one of them.
No. Someone with Down's syndrome could also happen to have epilepsy, but if they do it isn't always to do with the fact that they have Down's Syndrome. Some people with Down's Syndrome will have or develop Epilepsy, but there is no guarantee that because someone has Down's Syndrome that they will also 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.
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There is not normally a connection between epilepsy and other conditions. People who have epilepsy can have other health problems, but these would not normally be because of their epilepsy. If you are concerned about a heart problem, go to see a doctor.
In the UK about 600,000 people have epilepsy.
Educating people about epilepsy so that they know what it really is and do not believe the many stereotypes about it. If people are educated they are aware of what epilepsy really is. That is what epilepsy awareness is.
Yes epilepsy still exists. Many people have epilepsy.