Patient's question:
Because the kindergarten teacher said the child always showed abnormal behavior, we took him to the hospital for a thorough examination. It was said to be epilepsy, which is very strange. Neither my husband nor I have this disease. The kind of help needed: Why does a child have epilepsy when neither of his parents has it?Doctor's answer:
According to your description, a 5-year-old boy with epilepsy, but neither of his parents has epilepsy. Recommendation: Epilepsy is divided into two types: primary and secondary epilepsy. A small portion of primary epilepsy is caused by hereditary transmission across generations. Most childhood epilepsy is primary epilepsy. In addition to congenital hereditary factors across generations, intracranial infections, high fever convulsions, electrolyte disorders such as hyponatremia, and other diseases that can lead to brain ischemia and hypoxia, can all cause epilepsy.