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Approximately 30% - 50% of children with epilepsy will also experience behavioural issues or mental health problems. As a general rule of thumb, behavioural problems are more severe in children who begin to experience seizures from a young age.  What causes behavioural problems?  When it comes to epilepsy, there are several aspects that can contribute…

Category: Advice, Living with Epilepsy

Epilepsy can develop for many reasons, some people are born with it, whereas others will develop it later on in life. One such reason a person might develop epilepsy is through viral infection, such as meningitis, encephalitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).  Up to 70% of HIV patients will develop some form of neurological complication.…

Category: Living with Epilepsy

For many people, being diagnosed with epilepsy will mean having to make compromises or adjustments to the way they live their lives in order to ensure safety. One such question that often arises is whether a person who has been diagnosed with epilepsy will be able to continue with the sports, hobbies and interests that…

Category: Leisure

Genetic Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures Plus (GEFS+) is one of the more unusual epilepsy syndromes as it describes families who have a generational history of different types of seizures in several members. What this means is that there is an extensive family history of epilepsy and seizures, but not necessarily all of the same type.…

Category: Syndromes

Childhood Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes (CECTS) is one of the most commonly diagnosed epilepsy syndromes in children. In fact, as many as 1 in 5 children with epilepsy are diagnosed with CECTS.  This particular syndrome affects males slightly more frequently than females and symptoms can start typically anywhere between the ages of 3 and 10…

Category: Syndromes

Epilepsy of Infancy with Migrating Focal Seizures is one of the more recently discovered epilepsy syndromes having first been described in 1995. The reason for it’s late discovery is that it’s extremely rare and affects somewhere between 1 in 200,000 to 1 in 400,000 people.  The syndrome is believed to be due to abnormal genes,…

Category: Syndromes