What can cause seizures other than epilepsy?

What causes non-epileptic seizures in adults?

Most often, a psychogenic NES is caused by stress, emotional trauma, or mental illness. Someone having a psychogenic NES will not show the typical electroencephalogram (EEG) findings of an epileptic seizure.

What can be mistaken for epilepsy?

What can cause seizures all of a sudden?

Anything that interrupts the normal connections between nerve cells in the brain can cause a seizure. This includes a high fever, high or low blood sugar, alcohol or drug withdrawal, or a brain concussion. But when a person has 2 or more seizures with no known cause, this is diagnosed as epilepsy.

Can seizures be a symptom of something else?

Seizures are known to present a wide range of movements or behaviours that can be easy to confuse with other things. Some events look like seizures, but they may not be a seizure at all. They may be a symptom of something else or they may even be completely harmless.

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Can you have a seizure without epilepsy?

Some people experience symptoms similar to those of an epileptic seizure but without any unusual electrical activity in the brain. When this happens it is known as a non-epileptic seizure (NES). NES is most often caused by mental stress or a physical condition.

What are the 3 most common causes of seizures in adults?

Overall, the most common etiology of adult onset seizures is stroke. Other causes in descending order are idiopathic seizures, CNS infections, metabolic causes, and brain tumors.

What causes seizures in adults for the first time?

Potential causes include central nervous system infections, brain tumors, stroke, and brain injuries. The use or stopping of certain substances, including alcohol, may also trigger a seizure. The type of seizure depends on the cause. If you have a seizure for the first time, get medical attention as soon as possible.

Can stress cause a seizure?

Emotional stress also can lead to seizures. Emotional stress is usually related to a situation or event that has personal meaning to you. It may be a situation in which you feel a loss of control. In particular, the kind of emotional stress that leads to most seizures is worry or fear.

Can anxiety cause seizures?

If you have already been diagnosed with epilepsy then yes, anxiety can cause seizures. Severe stress is a very common seizure trigger, and those with severe anxiety often experience severe stress. However, it should be noted that this is far more common with those who already have epilepsy.

What disorders can cause seizures?

What neurological disorder causes seizures?

Epilepsy is a central nervous system (neurological) disorder in which brain activity becomes abnormal, causing seizures or periods of unusual behavior, sensations and sometimes loss of awareness.

Can seizures be misdiagnosed?

Background: As many as 20% to 30% of epileptics may have been misdiagnosed. Many of these patients may have cardiovascular syncope, with abnormal movements due to cerebral hypoxia, which may be difficult to differentiate from epilepsy on clinical grounds.

What is a psychological seizure?

PNES are attacks that may look like epileptic seizures but are not epileptic and instead are cause by psychological factors. Sometimes a specific traumatic event can be identified. PNES are sometimes referred to as psychogenic events, psychological events, or nonepileptic seizures (NES).

How common are non-epileptic seizures?

Many people have non-epileptic seizures. At Cleveland Clinic, we see between 100 and 200 patients each year with this condition. Most of our patients are between ages 20 and 40, but non-epileptic seizures can occur in both younger and older people as well.

What is Rasmussen's syndrome?

Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a very rare, chronic inflammatory neurological disease that usually affects only one hemisphere (half) of the brain. It most often occurs in children under the age of 10 but can also affect adolescents and adults.

Can emotional trauma cause seizures?

Yes, trauma can lead to non-epileptic seizures. In this case, the seizure is rooted in a psychological disturbance, rather than chronic issues related to disruptions in the electrical activity of the brain.

Do tumors cause seizures?

“The seizures caused from brain tumors are complex and different for each patient depending on the type and location of the tumor.” Seizures can occur with any type of brain tumor, benign or malignant, but they are more common in low-grade, more benign tumors.

Can you have a seizure from high blood pressure?

Results: Severe uncontrolled hypertension increased the risk of unprovoked seizure. Left ventricular hypertrophy without diuretic treatment was associated with an 11-fold increased risk of unprovoked seizure: left ventricular hypertrophy treated with diuretics did not increase the risk.

What vitamin deficiency causes seizures in adults?

The only vitamin deficiency known to cause or worsen seizures is a deficiency of vitamin B6 (pyridoxine).

Can dehydration cause a seizure?

If left untreated, severe dehydration can be serious and cause fits (seizures), brain damage and death.

Can an EEG detect past seizures?

An EEG can usually show if you are having a seizure at the time of the test, but it can't show what happens to your brain at any other time. So even though your test results might not show any unusual activity it does not rule out having epilepsy.

Can hormone imbalance cause seizures?

Catamenial epilepsy (CE), also known as menstrual seizures, is linked to a woman's menstrual cycle and related hormone levels in the body. Women with CE often have more seizures during certain times of their cycle. This may include: Just before or during menstruation, or period.

Can a pinched nerve cause seizures?

The answer is yes, depending on the condition and severity. Pinched nerves can be the result of several different conditions that may cause seizures. One of these conditions can be an upper neck injury. Any nerve damage that is caused by a severe upper neck injury can cause a seizure.

What drugs cause seizures?