Patient's question:
My child doesn't know how he/she suddenly developed epilepsy. Recently, while walking, he/she would suddenly experience hand and foot convulsions and then fall down. The doctor said that epilepsy in children is very common. I want to know if the incidence rate of epilepsy in children is high? What kind of help is needed: Is the incidence rate of epilepsy in children very high?Doctor's answer:
This is hard to say whether it's high or not, but it's not unusual for children to have epilepsy again. The specific cause of primary epilepsy is unclear and may be related to generational inheritance, birth injury, fetal distress, or respiratory difficulties at birth. Treatment involves the routine use of antiepileptic drugs.Currently, we cannot definitively determine whether the child's epilepsy is primary or secondary, so we recommend taking the child to the neurosurgery department for a follow-up visit. The doctor should conduct a thorough examination to clarify the type of epilepsy before guiding the specific use of antiepileptic drugs.