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If I had a seizure, do I have epilepsy?

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If I had a seizure, do I have epilepsy?

No, in fact, there are many more people who have a single seizure than people with epilepsy. A single seizure could be caused by drinking too much alcohol, for example, and then withdrawing. Sleep deprivation can cause a person to have a seizure. Some kind of a toxin may also cause a seizure. But as I mentioned earlier, one seizure is not epilepsy.

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