Blood Tests

In the proper clinical setting, the doctor will perform blood tests to look for infectious or chemical causes of seizures, such as low blood sugar, low blood calcium, low oxygen, kidney failure or liver failure or drugs or toxins in the blood. 

Blood tests also may be done as a baseline if antiepileptic medications are to be used, since they indicate baseline normality of white blood counts, red blood counts, platelets, liver and kidney function.

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