- Correct statements:
- Epilepsy is an organic (not an unnatural, mystical) disease.
- Animals can also have epilepsy.
- It is not always possible to cure the cause ("root") of the disease, but the symptoms can be treated ("prevent the root from growing"): the principle of symptomatic therapy.
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- Incorrect statements:
- Epilepsy can have its seat in the liver, the heart, in the intestines or in the limbs. (Correct: Every epileptic seizure originates in the brain.)
- Earthquakes are also of an epileptic nature. (Correct: Epileptic activity is connected with the nerve cells.)
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