Patient's question:
When the baby was born, the was abnormal, and it was a cesarean 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, 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 section also significantly increase the incidence of epilepsy compared to normal infants.