Contents:
- Medical Video: The Difference between Seizures and Epilepsy
- The most common cause of epilepsy
- 1. Genetic factors
- 2. Head trauma
- 3. Problems with the brain
- 4. Developmental disorders
- 5. Prenatal injury
- 6. Infectious diseases
Medical Video: The Difference between Seizures and Epilepsy
Epilepsy or "ayan" is a neurological disease characterized by recurrent seizures that are not triggered by any medical condition. Epilepsy is caused by disorders of the brain's nervous system, causing a group of neuron cells to overwork. The causes of epilepsy are very diverse. Here's the review.
The most common cause of epilepsy
1. Genetic factors
Genetic factors that cause epilepsy are divided into two, namely genetic conditions that result in brain injury such as tuberous sclerosis and family history. Epilepsy can be lowered when parents or other close relatives have a history of this one. Researchers also found that epilepsy is associated with certain genes that are more sensitive to spastic triggering environmental conditions.
2. Head trauma
Epilepsy can occur due to an accident or other traumatic injury. Accidents involving head collisions ultimately make brain function disrupted to trigger epileptic seizures later on.
3. Problems with the brain
Brain tumors or strokes can cause damage to the brain's structure and eventually cause epilepsy. Moreover, there are many studies that state that stroke is a major cause of epilepsy in adults over the age of 35 years.
4. Developmental disorders
Epilepsy sometimes appears in children who have developmental disorders such as autism and neurofibromatosis. Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder when cell growth is disrupted so that tumors grow on nerve tissue.
5. Prenatal injury
Prenatal injury is a condition that results in the baby being injured before birth. Before birth, babies are very vulnerable to brain damage.
Usually, this condition is caused by several factors such as infection in the mother, lack of nutrition, or lack of oxygen at birth. This brain damage eventually causes children to get epilepsy at birth or cerebral palsy.
6. Infectious diseases
Meningitis, AIDS, and inflammation of the lining of the brain caused by viruses include infectious diseases that can cause epilepsy. Although it is not well understood, the obvious cause of this condition can cause sufferers to experience epileptic seizures.
Epilepsy generally attacks children under the age of two years and adults over 65 years. Although there are certain definite causes of epilepsy, in some cases the cause is unknown and just happens.
