What are the reasons for the old people to get Capricorn fever
summary
It is not only teenagers who are prone to suffer from epilepsy, but Uncle Wang who is next door also suffers from this disease recently, mainly due to brain injury a few days ago. Let's take a look at the reasons for the old people's Capricorn fever.
What are the reasons for the old people to get Capricorn fever
One of the reasons: cerebrovascular disease: both acute and chronic cerebrovascular disease can be accompanied by epilepsy. About 5% of stroke patients begin to develop epilepsy around one year after stroke.
The second reason: metabolic disorder: in the middle-aged and elderly people, hypoglycemia caused by islet cell tumor is sometimes long-term mainly manifested as epilepsy. Severe electrolyte disorder and water poisoning can lead to the occurrence of epilepsy.
The third reason: brain injury: it is not uncommon for the elderly to suffer from epilepsy due to brain injury, such as skull fracture, intracranial hematoma, brain contusion, etc.
matters needing attention
The half-life of drugs in the elderly is prolonged, and a considerable part of the elderly have other systemic diseases at the same time. In the treatment of epilepsy at the same time, we should pay attention to whether there are other diseases, to actively deal with.
