Patient's question:
My neighbor's child has had epilepsy for many years and has been taken care of by his grandmother and grandfather. Recently, his frequent seizures and twitching have been quite disturbing. Sometimes he either curses or argues, and even hits people, which has made everyone very scared. I would like to ask the doctor what the reason is for epilepsy children having low intelligence?Doctor's answer:
If the child next door has suffered from epilepsy for many years, and if the seizures occur frequently due to the lack of timely oral medication to control it, pediatric epilepsy is usually caused by cerebral palsy or brain trauma. If a child with epilepsy has low intelligence, it is actually due to the accompanying intellectual disability caused by cerebral palsy. In such cases, it is actually recommended to seek rehabilitation treatment promptly at a local regular hospital. Generally, epilepsy will never cause a person's intelligence to be low.