Although hypoglycemia can
induce seizures, other etiologies of
seizures should not be overlooked
in the diabetic population. A large
Australian regional diabetes center
found that the prevalence of epilepsy
in children with type 1 diabetes was
similar to that in the general population
and noted that health care
providers should not assume that a
seizure in a type 1 diabetic patient is
the result of hypoglycemia