Prognosis of Epilepsy

Prognosis of Epilepsy: Good. Most people have only mild impacts on an otherwise normal life. ...see also Overview of Epilepsy

Prognosis for Epilepsy: Most people with epilepsy lead outwardly normal lives. While epilepsy cannot currently be cured, for some people it does eventually go away. Most seizures do not cause brain damage. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Epilepsy Information Page: NINDS) ...see also Overview of Epilepsy

Complications:

Complications of Epilepsy may include:

• Status epilepticus
• Sudden unexplained death (see Death)
• Behavioral problems
• Emotional problems
• Brain damage - mainly from status epilepticus with grand mal seizures
• more complications...»

Complications of Epilepsy from the Diseases Database include:

• Fits
• Rhabdomyolysis
• Acute confusional state
• Incontinence, urine
• more complications...»

See also complications of Epilepsy.

Epilepsy: Research More

• Epilepsy: Introduction
• Symptoms: Epilepsy
• Complications: Epilepsy
• Causes: Epilepsy
• Treatments: Epilepsy

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Epilepsy usually refers to the likely outcome of Epilepsy. The prognosis of Epilepsy may include the duration of Epilepsy, chances of complications of Epilepsy, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Epilepsy, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Epilepsy. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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