More than 20% is related to genetics! This disease adds hundreds of thousands of people every year... epilepsy | patients | related
June 28th is International Epilepsy Care Day
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders
Approximately 400000 to 600000 people in our country every year
Diagnosed as an epileptic patient
What are the causes of epilepsy? How to treat after an attack?
Read down and learn together!
Children and the elderly are more common
How to provide first aid during an epileptic seizure?
Epilepsy is
What we often refer to as sheep horn wind
Symptoms include convulsions in the limbs and foaming at the mouth
Eyes rolled up, accompanied by a bluish complexion, etc
Seizures
It is caused by abnormal discharge of brain neurons
Having the characteristics of repetition and transience
Epilepsy can occur in various age groups
But children and elderly patients are more common
How to provide first aid during an epileptic seizure?
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Firstly, place the patient in a safe place and prevent anything else from hitting them around;
Secondly, place the patient in a lateral position, loosen the patient's collar, and keep them breathing freely. If the patient is wearing glasses, they need to take them off.
Most patients with epileptic seizures can recover on their own within 5 minutes, while a small number of patients have seizures that last for a long time. At this point, some emergency medication should be used to reduce or stop the possibility of prolonged attacks.
Epilepsy patients should maintain sufficient sleep
Try to avoid working at heights as much as possible
Occupations such as underground operations and driving
After the onset of epilepsy in patients
Seek medical attention promptly when these situations arise
There are various types of epileptic seizures
under normal conditions
Patients can choose to seek medical attention at a later time after the attack
But if the patient has the following conditions
You need to quickly seek medical attention in the emergency department ↓
The duration of epileptic seizures lasts for more than 5 minutes;
After the seizure stopped, the patient's breathing and consciousness did not return to normal;
After one epileptic seizure, a second one followed closely;
Fever or occurrence of febrile seizures;
Pregnancy, diabetes;
Injury during epileptic seizures.
Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University
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Introduction by Dean Zhao Guoguang
Current statistics in China
There are nearly 10 million epilepsy patients
70% of patients undergo standardized drug treatment
It is possible to prevent seizures from occurring
30% also belong to drug-resistant epilepsy
For this type of patient
Pay attention to whether there are lesions in the brain that cause epilepsy
After identifying these lesions
It can be destroyed by radio frequency and laser ablation
Then perform neural regulation
Reduce or prevent seizures in these patients
More than 20% is related to genetics!
What are the causes of epilepsy?
Research findings
Epilepsy has a certain genetic tendency
There are approximately 1000 genes related to epilepsy
Among patients with epileptic seizures
More than 20% have genetic factors
The causes of epilepsy include
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Abnormal lesions and brain tumors in the cerebral cortex
Head injury, central nervous system infection, cerebrovascular disease
Parasitic infections, genetic metabolic diseases, etc
Research has shown that
Certain genes are associated with epilepsy
If parents suffer from epilepsy
And have a family history related to epilepsy
So, the risk of epilepsy in the next generation is 2% to 5%
Expert reminder
Epilepsy patients should be cured of epilepsy before giving birth to offspring
Can effectively reduce the probability of hereditary epilepsy in offspring
If parental epilepsy is not related to genetic factors
For example, epilepsy caused by stroke or traumatic brain injury
Will not affect the next generation
Certain types of epilepsy occur mainly in children
When the child reaches adulthood
This type of epilepsy will self alleviate