Patient's question:
Nowadays, more and more children are getting epilepsy. When my child was over one year old, sometimes at night his hands and feet kept trembling. I thought he was calcium-deficient, so I bought a lot of calcium supplements. However, frequently, when I took him to check, they said it was a symptom of epilepsy.Doctor's answer:
The causes of epilepsy in children are categorized into primary and secondary epilepsy. Primary epilepsy refers to cases where the patient's brain does not show any structural changes or metabolic abnormalities that can explain the symptoms, and it is mainly caused by genetic factors. Secondary epilepsy has more complex triggers, primarily resulting from various brain diseases and systemic illnesses, with genetics possibly playing a role as well. If there is a history of difficult childbirth or trauma in newborns, and symptoms such as vomiting, suffocation, or intermittent cyanosis appear, it is often due to intracranial hemorrhage causing epilepsy. Additionally, artificially fed children over one year old may also develop epilepsy.