Patient's question:
A child from a distant relative suffers from a brain disease and has been receiving treatment. Recently, they came to my home to see if they could find some good treatment options through my connections. They heard that brain diseases can lead to a series of other conditions, including the possibility of developing epilepsy. Can pediatric brain diseases trigger childhood epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Diseases of the brain are now the main cause of epilepsy seizures. Many children with epilepsy suffer from epilepsy due to brain diseases. Therefore, brain diseases in children can trigger pediatric epilepsy. Some acquired brain injuries in children have a high risk of developing epilepsy. For example, the incidence of epilepsy after brain trauma in children is close to 20%, post-craniotomy epilepsy is 4% to 20%, and post-intracranial infection epilepsy is 30% to 80%. Therefore, parents of children with epilepsy must pay close attention to this point.