Seizure Disorder Risk Factors
What are the risk factors that lead to this condition? Are you at risk of getting Seizure Disorder? Below you'll find information on each of the known risk factors for this condition.
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Seizure Disorder Risks
The following factors increase your chance of developing some seizure disorders:
- Previous brain injury-seizure disorder usually develops within one year of injury
- Previous brain infection
- Brain tumor
- History of stroke
- History of complex febrile seizures
- Use of certain medications or recreational drugs
- Stopping the use of medications, recreational Drug Abuse and Drug Addiction , or Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- Drug overdose
- Exposure to toxins (eg, Arsenic Toxicity , Lead Poisoning , or Carbon Monoxide Poisoning )
- Family history of seizure disorders
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Pre-eclampsia
- Chemical abnormalities (decreased or excess blood sodium or glucose, low blood calcium)
- Liver or Kidney Failure
- Severe, untreated High Blood Pressure
- Chronic diseases (eg, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus , Polyarteritis Nodosa , Porphyria , Sickle Cell Anemia , Whipple's Disease )
- Syphilis
If you already have a seizure disorder, the following factors can increase your chance of having a seizure:
- Sleep deprivation
- Alcohol
- Hormonal changes (such as those that occur at points during the menstrual cycle)
- Stress
- Flashing lights, especially strobe lights
- Use of certain medicines
- Missing doses of anti-epileptic medicines
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