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Epilepsy
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! Seek urgent medical care if warning signs appear
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Get urgent medical care now if there is any severe, sudden, rapidly worsening or worrying symptom, especially:
- chest pain, pressure or pain spreading to the arm, jaw or back
- trouble breathing, blue lips, severe wheeze or choking
- stroke-like symptoms such as face drooping, arm weakness or speech trouble
- collapse, fainting, seizure, confusion or extreme drowsiness
- severe bleeding, black stools, vomiting blood or major injury
- severe allergic reaction, swelling of the face/throat or widespread rash with breathing trouble
- severe abdominal pain, severe headache, stiff neck or sudden vision change
- signs of severe dehydration, sepsis, high fever with worsening illness, or symptoms in a baby/young child that concern you
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Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain, causing people with it to have seizures. Neurons in the brain malfunction and send out abnormal signals. There are several types of epilepsy; as such, it is best considered a group of syndromes, rather than an individual disorder. There are many possible causes for epilepsy, although this is sometimes unknown.
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