What are the causes of epilepsy

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Epilepsy is a more terrible disease. My cousin suffers from epilepsy. When it attacks, it is particularly frightening, foaming and delirious. For patients with epilepsy, early detection and early treatment should be done. Now I will tell you about the causes of epilepsy, so as to facilitate better treatment of epilepsy Diseases.

What are the causes of epilepsy

Reason 1: primary epilepsy refers to the absence of brain organic or metabolic disease, with the current examination method can not find the cause of epilepsy. Most patients with primary epilepsy have a certain relationship with heredity.

Reason 2: secondary epilepsy is also known as symptomatic or acquired epilepsy. In this type of epilepsy, clinical seizure is only one of the symptoms of brain disease, and it is a symptom of organic encephalopathy. For example, fetal brain in embryonic period is affected by external adverse factors.

Cause 3: epilepsy caused by systemic factors, such as carbon monoxide poisoning, acute and chronic renal failure, hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia, hypertensive encephalopathy, islet adenoma, hyperthyroidism, various systemic infections, vitamin B6 deficiency, etc.

matters needing attention

For patients with epilepsy, early detection, early treatment, timely correction of some bad living habits, timely relief of pressure from all aspects of life, long-term use of hypnotics, sudden withdrawal of alcohol, or sudden withdrawal of antiepileptic drugs can also lead to seizures. In addition, there are secondary epilepsy caused by brain trauma.