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Basic epilepsy facts

  • Nearly half a million people in the UK have epilepsy.
  • Epilepsy is a tendency to have seizures (fits).
  • There are many different types of seizures.
  • You don’t have to be born with epilepsy. It can start at any time.
  • Some people lose consciousness in a seizure but not everybody does.
  • In some types of seizure, the person knows what’s happening.

 

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Epilepsy information for prisoners

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