Patient's question:
What are the reasons that can cause a recurrence of epilepsy? My relative's child has epilepsy, and he is 12 years old. When he had a recurrence, he had convulsions all over his body and didn't know what to do. What kind of help is needed: What are the reasons that can cause a recurrence of epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that can occur at any age, and frequent recurrence of epilepsy can interfere with patients to varying degrees. The main causes of epilepsy are: congenital diseases, trauma, infections, poisoning, intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, nutritional and metabolic diseases, degenerative diseases, and high fever convulsions, etc. However, not all cases of epilepsy can be traced back to a specific cause. The most important thing is to control one's emotions, avoid excessive mental exertion, take treatment medications regularly to control the condition, and actively prevent and treat various intracranial infections.