... birth. Also there are some diseases that can cause epilepsy to happen meningitis is one of these. Also if a person has had a brain tumour this may also cause epilepsy because of the pressure on the brain. If epilepsy has a known cause is called 'symptomatic epilepsy and if there is no known cause it is called idiopathic epilepsy. 'Around 1 in 30 people in the UK develop epilepsy at some point in their life. Epilepsy can affect anyone, and it can develop at any age. However, it is usually diagnosed before the age of 20 or after the age of 60. Epilepsy is more common in people with certain disabilities. About a third of people with a learning difficulty have some form of epilepsy. Having a learning disability does not cause epilepsy and having epilepsy cause a learning disability. Both epilepsy and learning disabilities are a result of ...

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