Patient's question:
What are the causes of epilepsy in children? What causes a child to develop epilepsy? My niece is 3 years old, how did she get epilepsy? Will this condition interfere with the child's intelligence? What kind of help is needed: What are the causes of epilepsy in children?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy is divided into primary and secondary epilepsy. Most cases of epilepsy have primary epilepsy, and the specific cause is unclear, possibly related to generational inheritance, birth injury, fetal distress in the womb, or breathing difficulties at birth. Secondary epilepsy is caused by intracranial organic diseases. Currently, based on your description alone, it is difficult to diagnose the type of epilepsy in your child. We can only advise the parents to take the child to the pediatric department of a hospital for a follow-up examination. The doctor will conduct a physical examination and further tests to determine the type of epilepsy before guiding the use of antiepileptic drugs.The doctor asks: Has the child undergone a brain MRI examination? Are there any abnormalities?