What are the specific causes of pediatric epilepsy?

Patient's question:

The child has inherited epilepsy from the family, how should it be treated and what are the treatment methods?

Doctor's answer:

Perinatal injury: It is a common cause of symptomatic epilepsy in infants and children, with contributing factors including forceps delivery, vacuum extraction, cephalopelvic disproportion, abnormal fetal position, macrosomia, prolonged labor, advanced maternal age, and tight birth canal.
Congenital diseases: Brain malformations, hydrocephalus, chromosomal abnormalities, etc. Brain underdevelopment, delayed brain development, brain atrophy, etc. Amniotic fluid aspiration, fetal asphyxia, umbilical cord, placental abruption, placenta previa, umbilical cord prolapse, cesarean delivery, etc., significantly increase the incidence rate later in life.

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