Is congenital epilepsy contagious

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I've had congenital epilepsy since I was a child. Now I'm going to be pregnant. I really don't want to infect my baby. I asked the doctor, is congenital epilepsy contagious? The doctor answered me like this:

Is congenital epilepsy contagious

First, is congenital epilepsy contagious? Epilepsy is not contagious. But epilepsy is hereditary, because patients with epilepsy to long-term medication, commonly used phenobarbital, phenytoin sodium, these drugs have certain side effects, such as pregnant women long-term application, may cause fetal cleft lip, cleft palate, congenital heart disease, microcephaly and other congenital diseases.

Second, is congenital epilepsy contagious? If a woman suffering from epilepsy wants to have a healthy child, she must choose to be pregnant in the relatively stable period of the disease or under the guidance of the doctor, use reasonable dosage and minimal side effects of drugs for treatment, and formulate the best scheme to control the attack, so as to prevent the birth of abnormal fetus as far as possible.

Third, is congenital epilepsy contagious? If epilepsy still occurs frequently after pregnancy, even status epilepticus, in the treatment of seizures at the same time, pregnancy should be decisively terminated to ensure the safety of pregnant women and avoid the birth of abnormal children.

matters needing attention

Epilepsy is a neurological disease, not infectious, so the family members of patients do not have to worry, but epilepsy is hereditary, generally about 5%, different types of epilepsy, the genetic probability is different. Therefore, we should pay special attention to the treatment of pregnancy, and must be under the guidance of doctors.