Patient's question:
The son of my colleague is six years old this year and attends the same school as my son. A few days ago, his son suddenly fell ill, and we went to visit him. It turned out that he had epilepsy. Fortunately, it occurred at home. At that time, he suddenly fell to the ground, lost consciousness, had convulsions for several minutes, rolled his eyes, and was sent to the hospital for treatment, where it was discovered that he had a seizure. That was his first time having one.Doctor's answer:
Hello, the etiology of pediatric epilepsy is very complex. However, with the rapid development of medical technology, most of the causes have been clearly identified by people. Overall, from an etiological perspective, epilepsy can be divided into two major categories. One category is epilepsy without a clear cause, which accounts for 20% of all epilepsy patients and is mostly related to genetics. Therefore, it is also known as cryptogenic epilepsy or genetic epilepsy. The other category is epilepsy with a clear identifiable cause. The most common causes include congenital brain developmental malformations, neurocutaneous syndromes, the most common of which are tuberous sclerosis, neurofibromatosis, and cerebral trigeminal angiofibromatosis, etc. genetic metabolic diseases, etc.