- Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain that causes seizures
- 1 in 26 people have epilepsy
- Seizures can look like staring spells, be convulsive or cause loss in muscle tone and falls
- 470,000 children in the US have epilepsy
- 30% of epilepsy patients are unable to be controlled with medicine and live with seizures daily
- You can die from epilepsy, this is called SUDEP
- 1 out of 1000 people with epilepsy die from SUDEP each year
- Many people with epilepsy have multiple seizure types
- In 20% of children epilepsy is just a symptom of another underlying disorder
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