Can having too much fever cause epilepsy when I was a child?

The fever itself is not causedepilepsyThe main reason for this is that fever may be caused by too much fever as a childepilepsy, mainly due to central nervous system abnormalities caused by infection. However, epilepsy can also be related to genetic factors, and it may also be related to brain diseases, and it is recommended to seek medical attention in time to determine the specific cause of epilepsy.

1. Infection: Fever when I was a child may cause skin infection, lung infection, digestive tract infection, etc., due to the decline of the body's immunity, after infection to the brain, it will lead to damage to the cerebral cortex, resulting in epilepsy;

2. Abnormalities of the central nervous system: If you have a lot of fever when you are a child, it may cause abnormalities in the central nervous system, which will cause abnormal electroencephalogram discharge, leading to seizures. If the person with epilepsy has a history of epilepsy and the brain is severely damaged during the seizure, there may be a situation where the fever in childhood can also cause epilepsy;

3. Genetic factors: Epilepsy has a certain genetic predisposition, if both parents or one of the parents have a history of epilepsy, the fever when you are a child may be passed on to the next generation, thereby increasing the risk of epilepsy;

4. Brain diseases: If there are brain diseases, such as intracranial tumors, cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, encephalitis, etc., fever in childhood will also cause abnormal discharge of brain nerves, which will be inducedepilepsyIf the patient itself is presentepilepsyMedical history, fever as a child can also cause epilepsy.

For patients who have a fever and cause epilepsy when they are young, it is recommended to treat them in time, and they can be treated with drugs such as lamotrigine tablets and levetiracetam tablets under the guidance of doctors. In daily life, you should also pay attention to rest, avoid staying up late, fatigue, etc., so as not to induce seizures.