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 very disturbing. Sometimes he either curses or argues, and even hits people, making everyone very scared. I would like to ask the doctor what causes epilepsy in children to have low intelligence?Doctor's answer:
If the child next door has had epilepsy for many years, and if the seizures are frequent, it is due to the lack of timely oral medication to control it. Pediatric epilepsy is usually caused by cerebral palsy or brain trauma. If an epilepsy child has low intelligence, it is actually due to the intellectual disability that comes with cerebral palsy. In this case, 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.