What causes epilepsy

Epilepsy, commonly known as epilepsy, is a clinical syndrome caused by abnormal discharges of neurons in the brain that are highly synchronized due to a variety of causes. Epilepsy is not an independent disease, and the causes of seizures are very complex, and there are three main categories according to the different categories:

1. Symptomatic epilepsy.

This type of seizure has a clear **, which is caused by cerebrovascular disease such as traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, cerebral infarction, or damage or dysfunction of central nervous system structures such as encephalitis and intracerebral parasites.

2. Idiopathic epilepsy.

This type of epilepsy** is unknown, and no structural damage or dysfunction of the brain has been found to cause seizures, which may be closely related to genetic factors, with typical clinical and electroencephalographic findings.

3. Cryptogenic epilepsy.

The presentation of these seizures is suggestive of symptomatic epilepsy, but existing tests do not detect a definitive **.

In addition, genetic factors, the patient's age, and sleep can all affect the timing of seizures and the pattern of seizures. Abnormalities such as fatigue, hunger, alcohol consumption, emotional agitation, or endocrine disorders can all affect the function of neurons in the brain and trigger seizures.

To sum up, the ** of epilepsy is intricate, and there are many factors that cause seizures. The diagnosis and diagnosis of epilepsy need to be comprehensively evaluated in combination with the patient's seizure form, age, etc. Epilepsy is very harmful to the human body, and it should be treated in time for systematic and standardized treatment.

Hello, one of the dangers of epilepsy: life-threatening. The main ones are status epilepticus, accidents, suicide, and unexplained sudden death.

Generalized-onset status epilepticus is often accompanied by varying degrees of consciousness and motor dysfunction, and in severe cases, cerebral edema and increased intracranial pressure. Even with active rescue, the case fatality rate is still high.

At the same time, the incidence of neurological sequelae such as mental retardation, paralysis, and more severe seizures is as high as 9% to 20%. Because the seizure characteristics of epilepsy, i.e., recurrent and episodic, cause the patient to develop at any time, and may also put the patient in a dangerous state. And there are also patients who can't bear the pain or various pressures and choose suicide as the point of no return.

The second harm of epilepsy: trauma. During the attack, the patient may fall due to the sudden loss of consciousness, and touch the surrounding hard objects and sharp objects, causing various injuries to the body.

Patients with refractory seizures are more likely to be agitated during the seizure, and may have aggressive behaviors such as self-injury, injury to others, and destruction of objects.

Epilepsy harm 3: epileptic mental disorder. Once an epilepsy patient is diagnosed, it will definitely bring him a lot of psychological pressure, and many people will have psychological problems to a greater or lesser extent, and often have despair.

The medication period of intractable epilepsy is often very long, and some patients may have to take medication for life, and it is inevitable that all kinds of unpleasant things will happen in daily life, especially those related to diseases, which often increase the psychological burden of patients and eventually lead to epileptic mental disorders.

Congenital anomalies in embryonic development lead to cerebral perforation malformations, microcephaly, congenital hydrocephalus, absence of corpus callosum, cerebral cortex hypoplasia, perinatal fetal brain injury, etc.;

Acquired brain injuries such as traumatic brain injury, after craniocerebral surgery, after stroke, after intracranial infection, acute alcohol poisoning;

The incidence of neonatal epilepsy is about 1%, and the incidence of epilepsy is as high as 25% due to birth trauma complicated with cerebral hemorrhage or cerebral hypoxic damage, and neonatal with congenital brain development malformations or birth trauma;

Inflammation includes central nervous system bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, spirochetal infections and AIDS neurological complications.

Cerebrovascular diseases such as cerebral arteriovenous malformation, cerebral infarction and cerebral hemorrhage;

Intracranial tumors Primary tumors such as glioma, meningioma, etc.; Hereditary metabolic diseases such as tuberous sclerosis, cerebrofacial angiomatosis, phenylketonuria, etc.;

Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease and PICK disease are associated with seizures in about 1 to 3 patients.

It is inherited from the congenital and is generally acquired with heart problems.