Did you know?

Did you know?

Ketogenic diet

The ketogenic diet has proved effective in reducing seizures for many people with epilepsy, especially children.

Stats:

Ethnicity specifics

• Epilepsy occurs more frequently in Hispanics, than non-Hispanics

• Active epilepsy is more frequent in whites than blacks.

• Blacks have a higher lifetime prevalence than whites.

• An estimated 1.5 percent of Asian Americans currently have epilepsy.

Health tip

Get plenty of sleep.

Health precaution tip

Avoid alcohol and recreational drugs.

See a doctor when:

You have a a high fever in addition to the seizures