Patient's question:
Elderly people are prone to epilepsy. My third uncle has recently been diagnosed with epilepsy. What factors can easily trigger epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy is a common neurological disease in clinical diagnosis, which can be caused by various different reasons and is prone to recurrence with slight stimulation. The factors that may trigger epilepsy attacks in clinical diagnosis include: emotional excitement, excessive excitement, anger, excessive fright, lack of sleep, overexertion, fever, mental tension, excessive overthinking, excessive alcohol consumption, and overeating, among others. It is essential to enhance self-care and prevent these triggering factors in daily life to effectively prevent epilepsy attacks.