Patient's question:
My older brother's child is still under one year old. Recently, the child has had some convulsions, and their consciousness is not clear either. Their eyes don't move at all. Later, they were taken to the hospital for examination. The doctor said the child has epilepsy, but they don't know the cause of the disease. I'd like to learn more about it.Doctor's answer:
Hello, cranial birth injury is a common cause of symptomatic epilepsy in infancy. Contusion, hemorrhage, and ischemia can also lead to softening of local brain tissue, which may later become an epileptic focus. Approximately 5% of adults develop epilepsy after closed traumatic brain injury; severe and open traumatic brain injuries have a higher incidence, reaching around 30%.