Epilepsy primary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

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Primary Prevention

  • Effective measures for the primary prevention of epilepsy include:
    • In healthy people, we can prevent epilepsy by reducing the chance of possible epilepsy causes to happen such as:
    • In patients who already have epilepsy, we can reduce the triggers of seizure such as:
      • Sleep deprivation
      • Fever
      • Light flashing
      • Hyperventilation
      • Alcohol
      • Physical stress such as physical exercise or illness
      • Psychological stress
      • Depression

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