Is Epilepsy Considered to Be a Chronic Illness?

Any illness that lasts more than 6 months is considered chronic.

Even with treatment epilepsy is a lifelong condition, which one CANNOT grow out of or be treated and cured…. So even if it is under control it would be considered chronic…

With that said, some life changes can bring on symptoms not previously seen and then after that life change has waned the person may become asymptomatic… as in the case with epilepsy whose onslaught is puberty… Some youths become asymptomatic once they are out of there teenage years, However, that DOES NOT mean that they are free of epilepsy. While they may or may-not continue throughout life without symptoms, the symptoms could return at any time and again require treatment.