What causes epilepsy

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A few years ago, my uncle suddenly twitched his hands and feet, and even injured himself by accident. After he was sent to the hospital for examination, he learned that it was epileptic seizure. However, no one in my family had suffered from this disease, and the cause of the disease has not yet been clarified. Today, let me talk about the cause of epileptic seizure.

What causes epilepsy

First: causes of epilepsy: intracranial infection. Such as a variety of encephalitis, meningitis and other diseases, leading to inflammation and edema of the cerebral cortex, causing adult seizures. Craniocerebral trauma. Drinking too much. Alcoholism is also the cause of adult epilepsy, because long-term heavy drinking can cause gastritis, arrhythmia, hematopoiesis and immune dysfunction, the most important is nervous system toxicity.

Second: brain parasitosis. With the development of society and the improvement of health conditions, the adult epilepsy caused by brain parasitic diseases has decreased. Because of eating food or water contaminated by the eggs, the eggs enter the body and parasitize in the cerebral cortex with blood circulation, causing adult epilepsy. Congenital diseases: such as chromosomal abnormalities, inherited metabolic disorders, brain malformations and congenital hydrocephalus.

Third: poisoning: lead, mercury, carbon monoxide poisoning, and systemic diseases such as hepatic encephalopathy, hypertension syndrome, acute nephritis, uremia, etc., can occur epilepsy. Intracranial tumor: in addition to brain trauma, brain tumor is a common cause of epilepsy after 30 years old, especially oligodendroglioma, meningioma, astrocytoma, etc. Allergic diseases, such as tuberous sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, are often accompanied by seizures.

matters needing attention

So patients should actively cooperate with the treatment, at the same time, avoid the stimulation in life, properly adjust the self mentality and diet structure, supplement nutrition at the same time to reduce self psychological pressure, pay attention to the relaxation of the mood, can be appropriate for physical exercise, but not too intense.