What Triggers a Seizure?
Labels Epilepsy
Anyone can have a seizure, but seizures are usually very few and far between.
A person with epilepsy, by contrast, has many more seizures and experiences
them over a longer period of time. For a person with epilepsy, many
conditions that affect the brain can trigger a seizure. These triggers include
hormonal changes, such as those that occur during the menstrual cycle
or pregnancy; hunger; exhaustion or sleep deprivation; and rhythmic patterns
of sound, touch, or light (particularly strobe lights). In many cases,
an epileptic seizure is not a medical emergency. However, if a person goes
into something called status epilepticus, in which a seizure lasts longer than
30 minutes or two seizures rapidly follow one another, his or her life may
be in danger, and onlookers should summon medical assistance at once.
A person with epilepsy, by contrast, has many more seizures and experiences
them over a longer period of time. For a person with epilepsy, many
conditions that affect the brain can trigger a seizure. These triggers include
hormonal changes, such as those that occur during the menstrual cycle
or pregnancy; hunger; exhaustion or sleep deprivation; and rhythmic patterns
of sound, touch, or light (particularly strobe lights). In many cases,
an epileptic seizure is not a medical emergency. However, if a person goes
into something called status epilepticus, in which a seizure lasts longer than
30 minutes or two seizures rapidly follow one another, his or her life may
be in danger, and onlookers should summon medical assistance at once.
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