- Prejudices about Epilepsy:
- Epilepsy is...
- a rare disease
- a hereditary disease
- a type of mental illness
- a disease with a continual loss of intelligence (dementia)
- an incurable disease
- a mortal illness
- a stigma
- The Truth About Epilepsy:
- Epilepsy is...
- a common disease (0,5 - 1 % of the world population suffer from it!)
- a chronic disease
- an organic disease which originates in the brain (cerebrum)
- a disease which is characterised by repeated epileptic seizures
- a disease which responds to therapy and can often be cured
- a handicap when the patient's seizures unable him or her to become part of the surrounding social structures.
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