What is the etiology of epilepsy

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When I was working yesterday, a colleague in the office suddenly fell to the ground and kept twitching, and frothing at the mouth. It seemed that he lost consciousness. Later, I learned that it was Capricorn. Now let's understand the causes of Capricorn.

What is the etiology of epilepsy

First: epilepsy is commonly known as epilepsy. Many experts believe that the etiology of epilepsy is caused by the combination of genetic factors, epileptic pathological changes in the brain and predisposing factors. Otherwise, no single factor can lead to epilepsy. The main causes of epilepsy are as follows: 1. Heredity 2. Craniocerebral trauma 3. Brain tumor 4. Craniocerebral surgery 5. Intracranial infection 6. Cerebrovascular disease 7. Prenatal and intrapartum injury 8. Metabolic disorder 9. Poisoning 10. Hypoxia 11. Congenital disease 12. Hereditary disease 13. Demyelinating disease.

Second: primary epilepsy refers to the absence of brain organic or metabolic disease, can not find any reason for a class of epilepsy, belongs to primary epilepsy. Secondary epilepsy is caused by a variety of brain organic lesions or metabolic disorders, such as: congenital brain dysplasia, birth injury, high fever, convulsion, brain injury, brain abscess, brain tumor, encephalitis, cerebrovascular disease, poisoning, nutritional and metabolic diseases.

Third: drug therapy is still the first choice for the treatment of epilepsy. Most patients with drug therapy can achieve ideal results, and a small part is suitable for surgical treatment, such as brain tumor, cerebral hemorrhage and other organic lesions. But the operation treatment also has the possibility of recurrence. After the operation, we still need to take medication. The best drug treatment is to tonify the heart and kidney, eliminate phlegm and wind, open orifices and settle epilepsy, activate blood circulation and remove stasis, and calm the liver and reduce fire.

matters needing attention

When this kind of disease comes on, it often leads to unconsciousness, which may do some harm to yourself or the people around you. Therefore, it is necessary to treat it in time. At present, the treatment of epilepsy is mainly based on drug treatment, but it still has a certain effect.