Patient's question:
When the baby was born, the was abnormal, and it was a caesarean section. Is such an infant more prone to epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Infants with birth injuries are a common cause of symptomatic epilepsy in infants and children. The causes of birth injuries include forceps delivery, vacuum extraction, cephalopelvic disproportion, abnormal, fetal macrosomia, prolonged labor, advanced maternal age, and tight birth canal. Amniotic fluid aspiration, fetal asphyxia, umbilical cord, placental abruption, placenta previa, umbilical cord prolapse, and cesarean delivery also significantly increase the incidence of epilepsy compared to normal infants.