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A seizure may be a major medical emergency where a patient loses consciousness, stares blankly or suffers dramatic convulsions.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Experienced by about one in 10 Americans at least once in their lifetimes, doctors often say the medical episode can be a stroke, brain infection or even high fever.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But now, Danish researchers are warning that they could be a sign of something much more sinister: Cancer and, in particular, brain cancer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In a study on 49,900 Danish adults who had a first-time seizure, researchers revealed there were 5,600 cancer diagnoses.<\/p>\n

Among these diagnoses, there were 966 detections of brain cancer<\/a> \u2014 which was the most common cancer detected.<\/p>\n

Analysis showed patients were four times more likely to be diagnosed with any cancer within a year of their first seizure compared to the general population.<\/p>\n

For brain cancer, researchers said they were 76 times more likely to be diagnosed with the condition over the same period.<\/p>\n

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Sports teacher Glenn Colmer, 51, from the UK, was diagnosed with a brain tumor after he suffered a seizure at home. He died 10 days after the diagnosis. Beforehand, Colmer had suffered from aches and pains for a year that he thought were just due to aging<\/p>\n<\/div>\n