What are the causes of absence epilepsy

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My friend's child came to play with his son. Suddenly, his expression was dull. It took him a long time to slow down. He didn't feel anything. I heard that his child had epilepsy, so I was very worried. I'll call my friend immediately. Now let me talk about the causes of absence epilepsy.

What are the causes of absence epilepsy

First, absence is a kind of non convulsive seizures, clinical manifestations of sudden disturbance of consciousness, ongoing autonomous activities and language stop, eyes staring blankly, expression sluggish, generally do not fall. The attack lasted for several seconds to dozens of seconds, then suddenly recovered and continued the action that was in progress before the attack. There was no disturbance of consciousness after attack. Patients often do not realize that they have experienced seizures, or only feel that there was a "blank" in their brain. All the seizures occurred in awake state.

Second, epilepsy can not focus on the brain damage caused by mental illness: children. Although epilepsy patients also have super intelligence, but that is only a few. The intelligence of general epilepsy patients is not as good as that of normal people. So children suffering from this disease is still very serious.

Third, the etiology is generally believed to be autosomal dominant inheritance. The types of seizures in family members include absence, myoclonus, generalized tonic clonic seizures and febrile seizures. The genetic pattern of absence epilepsy in children is still unclear, which may be autosomal dominant inheritance with age-dependent exons or polygenic inheritance. The disease has a tendency of natural remission. Therefore, genetic factors play an important role in the pathogenesis of absence epilepsy in children, which is the symptom of epilepsy.

matters needing attention

Absence epilepsy, we should pay attention to, it is best to go to the regular hospital in time for examination and treatment, in addition, in peacetime do not eat spicy food, so as not to affect the treatment of the disease. Of course, in order to be able to effectively treat the disease, do not blindly choose the treatment method.