Patient's question:
Please ask Dr. Wang if his child can be cured if he has epilepsy. Neither of the parents nor the older generation has a history of this hereditary disease. Why did the child get such a disease?Doctor's answer:
Hello, there are many causes of pediatric epilepsy. Common ones include:1. Congenital diseases: These can be caused by certain genetic disorders, such as gastric cancer 8, cerebral angiomatosis, neurofibromatosis, etc. Lesions in the brain can lead to epilepsy seizures.
2. Conditions during pregnancy: Particularly infections like rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes virus, or other bacterial infections during early pregnancy can affect the fetus in the womb. Exposure to high levels of radiation or poisoning during pregnancy can also cause abnormal development of the fetal nervous system, leading to secondary epilepsy in children.
3. Birth injuries in infants: Intracranial hemorrhage or forceps-assisted delivery during childbirth can cause brain damage, potentially resulting in secondary epilepsy in children later on.
4. Various brain diseases in children: Postnatal conditions such as encephalitis, meningitis, or parasitic brain diseases like neurocysticercosis, pulmonary schistosomiasis, or cerebral schistosomiasis can all trigger secondary epilepsy in children.
5. Childhood brain trauma: Brain trauma is a common cause of epilepsy, but minor injuries like falling and scraping the scalp or rolling off a bed at night do not typically lead to secondary epilepsy seizures in children.