Patient's question:
I have been afraid to have children since I got married last year because someone in my family has had epilepsy. I have also seen online that epilepsy can be inherited across generations, and I am now worried that my child might inherit epilepsy across generations. How great is the hereditary nature of epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
General epilepsy attacks are usually very minor, so there is no need to worry. The main causes of epilepsy include trauma, birth injuries, congenital factors, and psychological factors, among others. It is generally unlikely to experience hereditary recurrence, but if it is idiopathic epilepsy, it has a strong reverse generational hereditary tendency. The incidence rate is usually above 40%, so in terms of current understanding, the probability of generational heredity is not very high.