Patient's question:
How does a child have epilepsy after having a fever?Doctor's answer:
Children having seizures after a fever does not necessarily indicate epilepsy symptoms. It is important to seek medical attention promptly and visit a regular hospital for follow-up to identify the cause. Epilepsy is a disease caused by abnormal electrical discharges in the cerebral cortex due to damage to superficial brain cells, leading to temporary impairment of brain function. Seizures after a fever are a result of increased muscle reflexes during the body's automatic immune response to lymph nodes, accompanied by low-grade fever symptoms. This is a normal phenomenon and has no direct connection with epilepsy.