Patient's question:
There is a boy in our place who suffers from epilepsy. When he has seizures, he behaves like a mental patient and even beats and bites people. So many people avoid him when they see him.Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition: Epilepsy is usually a problem caused by abnormal discharges of brain neurons. The symptoms include convulsions, foaming at the mouth, loss of consciousness, upward rolling of the eyes, incontinence of urine and feces, etc. There are many factors that can cause this issue, which are generally classified as primary and secondary. Primary epilepsy has an unknown cause, while secondary epilepsy is usually caused by trauma, infection, poisoning, intracranial tumors, cerebrovascular diseases, nutritional and metabolic diseases, etc. Primary epilepsy is generally difficult to treat, while secondary epilepsy requires identifying the underlying cause and then treating it accordingly.