Causes for Epilepsy

The causes for symptomatic epilepsy can be associated with various brain damage:

Congenital anomalies of its development

Various brain injurie

Viral and parasitic diseases that affect the brain, such as meningitis

The occurrence of tumors and abscesses in the brain

Insufficient blood supply to the brain and oxygen starvation

Multiple sclerosis

Antiphospholipid syndrome

Taking certain drugs for depression and mental disorders, antibiotics

Regular use of chemical medications

Intrauterine infections and chromosomal syndromes

Birth damage to the central nervous system.

An important role belongs to hereditary predisposition. It has noted that in those families with relatives

Who have epilepsy, the likelihood สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที of developing epilepsy in a child is higher than in those families where the relatives do not have diseases. In recent years, the hereditary nature of several forms of epilepsy has been convincingly proven. The genes responsible for their occurrence have been discovered. 

At the same time, the opinion. That epilepsy is necessarily inherited is erroneous. In the vast majority of cases, epilepsy is not a hereditary disease. So it is not transmitted from father or mother to child. Many forms of epilepsy are cause by a combination of genetic and acquired factors. The contribution of genetic factors is significant but not decisive.

There are also cases where it is not possible to determine the cause of epilepsy using magnetic resonance. Such epilepsy is call idiopathic or cryptogenic epilepsy. It is the most common type of this disease. It may cause by hidden genetic diseases. The first attack in patients suffering from this disease usually occurs at 14 years.

Symptoms of Epilepsy

The general symptoms of epilepsy can be summarized in a series of successive stages of the disease:

• Harbingers (a headache, a feeling of discomfort, irritability, etc.)
• Aura (hallucinations)
• The tonic phase of a seizure (consciousness loss)
• Clonic phase (development of a classic convulsive seizure).

1. Harbingers. This includes a headache, discomfort, dissatisfaction with one’s own condition, irritability, a decrease in mood, and a decrease in working abilities.
2. Aura. May manifest as hallucinations. In this phase, a person can see various images, which most often have a frightening character. In addition to various visual images. Auditory hallucinations may also occur, and unpleasant odors may be felt.
3. The tonic-clonic phase of a seizure. Suddenly, a person loses consciousness, all muscles are very tense, but convulsions do not yet occur. He falls abruptly to the floor, almost always biting his tongue. A very characteristic cry is emit during the fall. Which occurs when the respiratory muscles compress the chest due to its tonic tension. The patient stops breathing. The skin first turns pale and then acquires a shade like a bruise. Possible involuntary urination and defecation can occur. Pupillary reaction to light is completely absent. This phase lasts no more than one minute and death can occur from respiratory arrest with a longer course.
4. Clonic phase. It is characterize by the development of a classic convulsive seizure. Breathing is fully recover. Foam comes out of the patient’s mouth with small amounts of blood mixed in. The phase lasts 2–3 minutes. When seizures occur as a result of abnormal activity in only one area of the brain, They are call focal.