Epilepsy occurs when a human body gets spiritually possessed.
Many people nowadays simply refuse to believe the age old story which recognizes epilepsy as a kind of spiritual possession. The truth is that epilepsy is nothing but a brain disorder where a group of neurons start functioning abnormally. Epilepsy is primarily marked by seizures that feature recurrent jerking of muscles, sometimes referred to as convulsions. There are many patients whose families still fall back on exorcism to treat this medical condition. Such measures can only prove damaging to the health of the affected person. The medical community is becoming active against such misleading rumors. Hence, the connection with demonic possessions is fictional with no basis in fact. Medical organizations are going out of their way to educate the masses about the medical intricacies of epilepsy, reminding them time and again that it’s a brain condition where patients undergo recurrent seizures.
Epilepsy is highly contagious.
It is, of course, not contagious and people do not catch the disease by coming into contact with patients experiencing the seizures. It is probably as non-contagious as blood pressure or diabetes. Anything that disturbs the normal pattern of activity in the brain can trigger epilepsy. It is a form of brain disorder often triggered by serious head injuries. The prime causes of epilepsy include brain chemistry, hereditary causes, head injury, prenatal injuries and environmental causes. Hence it’s not a contagious disease. This myth emerged as a result of several rumors fueled by literary geniuses (sarcasm intended). By believing in such myths, you can only isolate a person suffering from a serious disease further. The medical community is, of course, completely refutes the contagious nature attached to epilepsy.
People born with epilepsy get it through genetic disorders.
Epilepsy has nothing to do with genes. A person can develop the problem at any point of time. While some people may be born with epilepsy, others start showing symptoms much later as adults. Apart from genetics, the other epilepsy generating factors include brain tumor, head trauma, stroke or lesion. According to a research study, in about sixty to seventy percent of the cases, causes of epilepsy continue to remain under the wraps. Therefore, it is a problem in the human brain that has little to do with genes. It has been observed that epileptic patients often face problems while trying to get married owing to this wrong belief among people. A majority of the population believes that since epilepsy is a genetic disorder, a person suffering from the disease will pass on the problem to his/her offspring as well. The medical community has in recent times come out with several theories to eradicate such myths.
Epilepsy harms intelligence.
