Other disorders

Often, Epilepsy is a result of brain damage by other disorders such as: alcoholism, Alzheimer's disease, strokes, heart attacks, brain tumors, heart attacks and others which either deprive the brain of oxygen or alters the patterns of the brain. Approximately 32% of elderly people suffer from Epilepsy that was caused by a cerebrovascular disease.

Also, medical conditions such as: Meningitis, AIDS, Viral Encephalitis, some infectious diseases, Hydrocephalus, the Celiac disease or Neurocysticercosis may also represent some of the several possible causes of Epilepsy.

Sometimes, following a successful treatment, seizures may stop but it is far from being a guarantee as it depends of the type of seizures, the region of the brain that has sustained some damage and the severity of the damages.

Epilepsy can also be linked to several developmental and metabolic disorders such as: Au, Tuberous Sclerosis, Pyruvate Dependency, Neurofibromatosis, Landau-Kleffner Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.