Friday, November 14, 2008

Causes of Epilepsy: Stages of Life

Epilepsy can occur at any stage of life Here are some of the possible causes at certain stages in life.

Infants
  • Brain Malformation
  • Lack of oxygen during birth
  • Low levels of blood sugar, blood calcium, blood magnesium, or other electrolytes.
  • Inborn errors of metabolism
  • Intracranial hemorrhage
  • Maternal drug use
  • Infection
Infants and Children
  • Fever (febrile seizures)
  • Brain Tumor (Rare)
  • Infections
Children and Adults
  • Congenital Syndromes including: Down's Syndrome.
  • Genetic Factors
  • Progressive Brain Disease (rare)
  • Head Trama
Elderly
  • Stroke
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Trama

http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/about/types/causes/index.cfm

2 comments:

Marsha Montgomery Sander said...

Shelby,
Looks interesting. Keep adding information. Look at the other blogs and see what students are adding.

Cures? Causes? Ways epilepsy can affect a person's life....

Mrs. SAnder

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