Causes of epilepsy

summary

My child suddenly fell down and couldn't get up when she fell to the ground. He twitched all over. No matter how he yelled, he didn't respond. I was really scared. After two or three minutes, he slowly returned to normal. The doctor said that she had epilepsy, but now she has improved a lot and the attack frequency is less. Now I want to explain to the parents of the same situation The etiology of epilepsy.

Causes of epilepsy

First of all, children suffering from epilepsy is generally brain hypoplasia, viscera function congenital deficiency, etc., last month so far only one twitch, can continue to observe; or do long-term EEG, if you do find abnormal EEG discharge, can consider the use of antiepileptic drugs.

Secondly, if not injured, epilepsy is generally a congenital factor: this understanding is similar to western medicine that primary epilepsy. It is called "fetal epilepsy" in traditional medical books, which means "fetal epilepsy". For example, brain hypoplasia, viscera function congenital deficiency, and so on, of course, including genetic factors.

Finally, epilepsy is related to heredity and other aspects. Seizures are caused by abnormal discharge of damaged brain neurons caused by pathological changes of epilepsy in the brain or genetic factors combined with external factors. Therefore, to treat epilepsy, targeted repair of damaged brain neurons should be carried out to restore the function of cells and balance abnormal discharge.

matters needing attention

Although epilepsy is a brain disease, we should pay more attention to diet in our daily life, especially if we have more attacks. We should avoid raw and cold food, radish, eggplant, pepper and greasy food. It is not suitable to drink strong tea, coffee and exciting drinks. No smoking or drinking.