Patient's question:
Throat has phlegm, slight cough, appetite is okay. It started on June 14th of this year. I went to several major hospitals, but they couldn't diagnose the cause or reason. What caused this? Why can't the cause be found? What is the name of this illness?Doctor's answer:
(1) Genetic factors: Children of epilepsy patients have a 5% chance of developing epilepsy.(2) Trauma and low immunity: Trauma and frequent colds or fever in infants and young children can sometimes also cause epilepsy.
(3) Nutritional and metabolic diseases: Hypoglycemia, diabetic coma, vitamin B6 deficiency, hyperthyroidism, and other conditions can trigger epilepsy recurrence.
(4) Poisoning: Lead, gas, pesticides, and systemic diseases such as hepatic encephalopathy, rapid glomerulonephritis, and uremia can all lead to epilepsy recurrence.
(5) Amniotic fluid: Conditions such as amniotic fluid aspiration, fetal asphyxia, nuchal cord, placental abruption, placenta previa, cord prolapse, and cesarean delivery can significantly increase the incidence rate later in life.
(6) Birth injuries: Birth injuries are a common cause or factor of symptomatic epilepsy in infants and young children. Factors contributing to birth injuries include forceps-assisted delivery, vacuum extraction, cephalopelvic disproportion, abnormal, macrosomia, prolonged labor, advanced maternal age, and tight birth canal.
(7) Brain diseases: Conditions such as incomplete brain development, delayed brain development, brain atrophy, various encephalitis, meningitis, brain abscesses, and post-recovery epilepsy in some patients with brain blood flukes or cerebral cysticercosis can cause epilepsy.
(8) Congenital factors: Congenital diseases such as brain malformations, hydrocephalus, and chromosomal abnormalities, as well as damage to the fetus before birth in the mother's womb, can cause abnormal brain development, leading to epilepsy recurrence after birth. Examples include abdominal injuries in pregnant women, uterine bleeding, ultraviolet exposure, taking harmful drugs during pregnancy, and infections from various microorganisms, especially rubella, measles viruses, and toxoplasmosis.