Seizure Triggers And Precipitating Factors

This webinar will focus on the precipitating causes of seizures or “seizure triggers”. While some factors are well known for precipitating seizures in all persons with epilepsy, such as missing medication, other triggers are specific to a given person. The session will cover general, as well as specific triggers or precipitating factors. It will also cover common drugs that may lower the seizure threshold. First aid for seizures will be discussed at the end of the session to assure that participants have good information, along with resources for more information. Ample time will be allowed for questions and discussion. Presenter: Patricia A. Gibson, MSSW DHL ACSW Director, Epilepsy Information Service Associate Professor, Department of Neurology Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem North Carolina Part of the Epilepsy and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Webinar Series