Patient's question:
What is the cause of epilepsy? I didn't have epilepsy symptoms before, and my family doesn't have epilepsy either. But when I had an epilepsy attack, I almost broke my tongue. I want to know what triggered my epilepsy.Doctor's answer:
The causes of epilepsy include hereditary transmission across generations, dystocia, respiratory distress, birth injuries, febrile convulsions, excessive fright, meningitis, poisoning by toxic gases, mental influences, cerebral dysfunction, cerebral cysticercosis, incomplete brain development, brain atrophy, cerebral palsy, cerebral vascular malformations, encephalomalacia, brain edema, brain injury, postoperative sequelae, and fibrosis of soft spots. Due to their complex etiology, sudden onset, recurrence, and difficult treatment, epilepsy is believed to be a type of cancer of the nervous system and is hailed as one of the world's three intractable diseases.