{"id":207447,"date":"2018-11-13T12:29:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T11:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/2018\/11\/13\/risk-factors-for-epilepsy\/"},"modified":"2019-04-18T17:51:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T16:51:28","slug":"risk-factors-for-epilepsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/risk-factors-for-epilepsy\/","title":{"rendered":"Risk factors for epilepsy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCertain
\nfactors may increase the risk of epilepsy in an individual. These factors
\ninclude:<\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Age:<\/span><\/strong> The
\nonset of epilepsy is most common during early childhood and after age 60, but
\nthe condition can occur at any age.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Family history:<\/span><\/strong> If an
\nindividual have a family history of epilepsy, he\/she may be at an increased
\nrisk of developing a seizure disorder.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u00b7        
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Head injuries:<\/span><\/strong>
\nHead injuries are responsible for some cases of epilepsy. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u00b7        
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Stroke and other vascular diseases:<\/span><\/strong> Stroke and other blood vessel (vascular) diseases
\ncan lead to brain damage that may trigger epilepsy. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u00b7        
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Dementia:<\/span><\/strong> Dementia
\ncan increase the risk of epilepsy in older adults.<\/span><\/div>\n
\n\u00b7        
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Brain infections:<\/span><\/strong> Infections such as meningitis, which causes inflammation in the brain
\nor spinal cord, can increase risk of epilepsy.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Certain factors may increase the risk of epilepsy in an individual. These factors include: \u00b7         Age: The onset of epilepsy is most common during early childhood and after age 60, but the condition can occur at any age. \u00b7         Family history: If an individual have a family history of epilepsy, he\/she may be at an…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-207447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dutable.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}