Patient's question:
My uncle hit his child while scolding him. Later, the child often trembled and had slight convulsions. Is this a symptom of epilepsy? Does hitting the head cause epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
The common causes of fever-induced convulsions include high fever convulsions, meningitis, various purulent meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, other viral meningitis, toxic encephalopathy, neonatal tetanus, brain abscess, epilepsy, etc. The diseases that cause afebrile or low-efficiency convulsions include intracranial hemorrhage, brain developmental abnormalities or malformations, severe cerebral hypoxia, infantile convulsions, hypoglycemia, uremia, hepatic coma, infantile spasms, epilepsy, brain tumors, hypertensive encephalopathy, and poisoning.Advice: The main symptoms of epilepsy include convulsions, fainting, and pale complexion. Many people believe that convulsions mean epilepsy, but is it true that convulsions necessarily indicate epilepsy? Convulsions are one of the symptoms of epilepsy, but they are not unique to epilepsy. Other diseases can also cause convulsions, such as hysterical convulsions, hypocalcemic convulsions, infantile high fever convulsions, and hypoglycemic convulsions, which do not fall under the category of epilepsy. Therefore, convulsions are not always caused by epilepsy.
Recommendation: If you experience convulsions, it is recommended to go to the hospital for examination to determine the cause of the convulsions.