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Did You Know …
Epilepsy Facts
65 MILLION
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE CURRENTLY HAVE EPILEPSY.
750,000 AMERICAN CHILDREN
AGED 0–17 YEARS ARE CURRENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH
EPILEPSY OR A SEIZURE DISORDER.
IN TWO-THIRDS OF PEOPLE,
THE CAUSE OF THEIR EPILEPSY IS UNKNOWN (CALLED
CRYPTOGENIC OR IDIOPATHIC).
1 IN 26 AMERICANS
WILL DEVELOP EPILEPSY IN THEIR
LIFETIME.
DESPITE
POPULAR BELIEF,
IT IS PHYSICALLY
IMPOSSIBLE TO
SWALLOW YOUR TONGUE
DURING A SEIZURE.
EPILEPSY DOES NOT
ALWAYS INVOLVE
CONVULSIONS
—THERE ARE NEARLY
40 DIFFERENT TYPES OF
EPILEPSY AND EPILEPSY
SYNDROMES.
EPILEPSY IS
NOT NECESSARILY
A LIFELONG DISORDER.
MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY
OUTGROW IT OVER TIME, AND
A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF
SUFFERERS CAN BE CURED
THROUGH SURGERY.
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