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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

Accurate as of time of writing: 28th June 2021 Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is a benefit that some people with epilepsy may be entitled to claim. PIP is a benefit that’s designed to help with any additional costs associated with long term illness or disability.  What are the criteria for receiving PIP payments with epilepsy? …

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When first-time parents, Angelique and Darryl’s newborn daughter, Bella, began to have periods where she would “become absent” at just 3 and a half months old, they were of course concerned.  Her Mother, Angelique commented that “Bella was fine one minute then staring into space the next. It was like she was absent for a…

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