Seizures: medical risk factors
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Seizures: medical risk factors. HHV predisposes to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Human herpes virus (HHV)
- HHV predisposes to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
- This is most frequent with HHV6B and HHV8
- HHV6B and HHV7 are associated with febrile status epilepticus (FSE)
Vascular
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Brain tumours: high risk types
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Traumatic
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Other neurological disorders
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Autoimmune
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Alcohol related
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Metabolic
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Body weight
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Essential oils related seizures (EORS)
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Other causes
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References
- Beghi E, Carpio A, Forsgren L, et al. Recommendation for a definition of acute symptomatic seizure. Epilepsia 2010; 51:671-675.
- Adams SM, Knowles PD. Evaluation of a first seizure. Am Fam Physician 2007; 75:1342-1347.
- Krumholz A, Wiebe S, Gronseth G, et al. Practice Parameter: evaluating an apparent unprovoked first seizure in adults (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Epilepsy Society. Neurology 2007; 69:1996-2007.
- Pohlmann-Eden B, Beghi E, Camfield C, Camfield P. The first seizure and its management in adults and children. BMJ 2006; 332:339-342.
- Bartolini L, Theodore WH, Jacobson S, Gaillard WD. Infection with HHV-6 and its role in epilepsy. Epilepsy Res 2019; 153:34-39.
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