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Fact
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Epilepsy is a very rare condition
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It is common disease (one in 1000 person can have epilepsy)
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Put some metal objectinto patient's mouth, to prevent injury to tongue
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It will actually harm the patient
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It’s a permanent disease and you will need to take medications life-long
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Almost 80 per cent patients can control their seizure if they take medicines regularly
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During the attack, one should hold patient down
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This may lead to shoulder dislocation
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You can stop the seizure without drugs
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Seizure subsides only by itself of with medication
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All people with epilepsy have lower intelligence levels
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This is very uncommon
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Epilepsy can spread by physical contact such as touching or cough.
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Epilepsy is not contagious
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People with epilepsy are violent and destructive
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Epilepticpatient is in general similar to healthy individuals
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Epilepsy adversely affects productivity
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People with epilepsy can live life like a normal person.
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This is a mental illness
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It is a disease of brain
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Epilepsy is a curse
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Epilepsy is a medical condition and not a curse
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One can get seizure even by seeing water
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It is not so. However to avoid an accident, the patient should not go into the water
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