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What can trigger an epileptic fit/seizure?
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Many causes: Dehydration, sleep deprivation, head injury, intoxication, drugs, infection, such as encephalitis or meningitis, fever leading to febrile convulsions, hypoglycaemia, hyponatremia or hypoxia, pregnancy can be a sign of eclampsia, haemorrhagic stroke.
Answered 12/31/2022
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