Health 24 - Epilepsy, FAQ

The helper's high
Olivia Rose-Innes has won a Vodacom prize for online journalism. Read her winning story.

Bikers vs breast cancer
Women bikers will embark on a 2 000km journey - to promote breast cancer awareness.

TERMS

GET A DAILY HEALTH TIP

MAKE HEALTH24 YOUR HOMEPAGE

H24

NEWS

MEDICAL

SCHEMES

DIET

FITNESS

NATURAL

MAN

WOMAN

SEX

PREGNANCY

CHILD

TEEN

SUN

FOCUS CENTRES

MEDS

ORAL

PET

MIND

GRAPHICS

VIDEOS

ANTI-AGEING

WIN

TOOLS

EXPERTS

TALK

FIND

Medical
Head 2 Toe
Condition centres
	Acne
	Allergy
	Alzheimer's & Dementia
	Anaesthesia
	Asthma
	Backache
	Breast
	Cancer
	Cervical Cancer
	Cholera
	Cholesterol
	COPD
	Depression
	Diabetes
	Enviro Health
	Epilepsy
	Erectile Dysfunction
	Eye
	Feet
	First Aid
	Flu
	Genetics
	Genital warts
	Headache & Migraine
	Hearing management
	Heart
	Heartburn
	HIV/Aids
	Human Papillomavirus
	Hypertension
	Joint pain/Arthritis
	Kidney & Bladder Problems
	Legs
	Malaria
	Medical Schemes
	Menopause
	Oral Health
	Osteoporosis
	Pain
	Prostate
	Skin
	Sleep
	Stop Smoking
	Stress
	Stroke
	Travel Health
	Tuberculosis
Focus centres
Meds & You
Run/walk for health

Links

Epilepsy - FAQ

You are in: Health24 > Medical > Condition centres > Epilepsy > FAQ

What causes epilepsy?

Created: Monday, July 19, 2004

The cause of epilepsy is often not known. Known causes include infections such as meningitis, strokes, head injury, brain surgery, drug and alcohol abuse, brain tumours and fever.

Print this article

Bookmark with:

What are social bookmarks?

JOBS

Senior Manager:Human Capital Operations R26,000-47,000 Per Month Cost To Company South Africa	Accountant R170,000-200,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng - North/Sandton
Property Analyst R20,000-25,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng - West Rand	Senior Financial Analyst R500,000-600,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng
Project manager R450,000-600,000 Per Annum Cost To Company Gauteng	Senior Designer - Horizons Inflight Magazine Western Cape - Cape Town
Internal SAP DBM Consultant Gauteng - Johannesburg	TREASURY ACCOUNTANT Gauteng - Johannesburg
Find more jobs Register your CV Post a job

Send this to a friend

Epilepsy menu
	About Epilepsy
	Childhood epilepsy
	FAQ
	Health tips
	Living with epilepsy
	Real life story
	Schooling and education
	Surgery for epilepsy
	Understanding the terminology
	What friends & family need to know
	Women and Epilepsy

Sponsored links

	Dial Direct Insurance

	Life Insurance

	First for Women

	Life Insurance for Women

	Stop smoking!

	Compare Quotes

	Joint Health

Health24 links

	Get a free medical aid quote

	Click here to win!

	Disease info

	Our newsletters

	Subscribe to our daily health tip and win R1000!

	Start your own health blog

	10% Discount on Mammograms