![]() ![]() Heart rhythm changes: Rarely, a seizure may cause a dangerous heart rhythm or cardiac arrest.Also, if a person’s airway gets blocked during a seizure, that can lead to suffocation. If these pauses last too long, they can reduce the oxygen in the blood to a dangerous level. Breathing changes: A seizure may cause a person to have pauses in breathing.Researchers do not understand the exact cause of SUDEP, but these are possible reasons it happens: 2-4 1 Most, but not all, cases of SUDEP happen during or right after a seizure. SUDEP refers to deaths in people with epilepsy that are not from injury, drowning, or other known causes. SUDEP stands for Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy.
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