What is the cause of epilepsy in children

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The children at home don't know what happened. They suddenly fainted on the ground at home, and their hands and feet were twitching all the time. They didn't respond to what they said. The doctor said that it was because they got epilepsy. I'm very worried about this. Now I'll introduce to you the reasons for children's epilepsy.

What is the cause of epilepsy in children

First: in fact, there are many factors that can cause epilepsy in children. Some epilepsy in children is caused by the following reasons: infection of central nervous system, brain malformation, various cerebral hypoxic-ischemic diseases, metabolic disorders, poisoning, etc. Parents should pay attention to perinatal health care, prenatal examination, vaccination according to the immune procedure to prevent epidemic meningitis, viral encephalitis, tuberculosis infection, etc., be careful of children's brain injury, and do a good job in the daily life of epilepsy protection.

Second: under normal circumstances, brain trauma will cause children with epilepsy, epilepsy after brain trauma belongs to secondary epilepsy, but not 100% of children with epilepsy after trauma, anti epilepsy drugs should be based on the condition and EEG, such as mild injury, normal brain CT or nuclear magnetic, normal EEG, no epilepsy discharge, can be closely observed, do not use anti epilepsy drugs temporarily . Once children have epilepsy, they should be treated with anti epilepsy drugs as soon as possible. The earlier the treatment, the better the effect, and more negative effects can be avoided.

Third: in addition to preventive work, for children, medication is an important link in the treatment of epilepsy, parents must not ignore it. Professionals stressed that the treatment of epilepsy in children is suitable for single drug treatment, according to the seizure type and inducing factors, choose single drug, take medicine according to the law, and then according to the development of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor, increase or decrease the drug or stop the drug to change the drug, etc., at the same time, it also helps to review, so that the doctor can grasp the patient's condition at any time, so as to adjust in a scientific and pragmatic attitude The dosage of antiepileptic drugs taken.

matters needing attention

Today can be said to be the season when epilepsy occurs more frequently. At this time, parents must pay more attention to it. Moreover, the symptoms of epilepsy are very obvious. Once it occurs, it should be detected by a little observation, so as to avoid unnecessary injury.