• 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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