How to tell if your baby has epilepsy

  Epilepsy, commonly known as “crohn’s disease” or “sheep epilepsy”, is a brain disease caused by abnormal discharge of neurons in the brain, resulting in seizures, sudden, recurrent, and transient disorders of the brain nervous system.  There are many causes of epilepsy in babies, and the common causes are as follows: 1. pre-birth factors: inherited metabolic diseases, congenital structural brain abnormalities, intrauterine infections, and mothers with diabetes, chronic nephritis, or improper drug use; 2. birth factors: such as obstructed labor, birth injury, hypoxia, jaundice, infection, prematurity, etc.; 3. post-birth factors: primary infections of the central nervous system 3, post-birth factors: primary infection of the central nervous system, traumatic brain injury, cardiovascular malformation, hypertensive encephalopathy, hemorrhagic disease, poisoning, etc.  Second, how to determine whether a baby has epilepsy Babies with epilepsy can be identified based on questioning. If the baby has a history of birth injury, asphyxia, intracranial hemorrhage, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy or a family history of epilepsy, a higher prevalence of epilepsy is considered. Babies with epilepsy usually have typical symptoms of nodding-like, lightning-like, or bowing-like spasms, often accompanied by screaming, bruising, tongue biting, foaming at the mouth or blood, and dilated pupils. Some babies may also show dizziness, epigastric discomfort, visual, auditory and olfactory disturbances, blurred consciousness, irregular and uncoordinated movements, such as sucking, chewing, searching and shouting. Once your baby has these symptoms, you need to take your baby to the hospital for further examination to confirm the diagnosis. The specific tests are as follows: (1) EEG: to accurately grasp the activity status and changes of the child at various times; (2) CT and MRI: to understand whether abnormal brain structures occur, such as brain malformations, intracranial calcifications, etc.; (3) positron emission tomography (PET) and single light emission tomography (SPECT): to understand the functional changes of the brain and help localize epilepsy.  The main treatment for epilepsy is drug therapy, neuromodulation therapy and surgery, and the specific treatment methods are as follows: 1) drug therapy: at present, the main treatment for epilepsy is drug therapy, and most patients with epilepsy can be controlled with regular antiepileptic drug therapy, such as carbamazepine and oxcarbazepine; 2) neuromodulation therapy: vagus nerve stimulation therapy is mainly For patients with refractory epilepsy that cannot be controlled by antiepileptic drugs, and epilepsy patients who are not suitable for craniotomy or unwilling to undergo craniotomy; 3. Surgery: for refractory epilepsy that is not effective with drug therapy, stereotactic surgery to destroy the region of the brain associated with seizures, anterior corpus callosotomy or chronic cerebellar stimulation is feasible.  The following points should be noted by parents in daily life to prevent seizures in babies: 1. rest on time, ensure sufficient sleep, avoid staying up late, fatigue, etc.; 2. eat a light diet, eat more vegetables and fruits, avoid exciting drinks such as coffee, cola and spicy stimulating food; 3. take medication regularly and follow up regularly in outpatient clinics; 4. pay close attention to the child to avoid high fever convulsions and Head trauma.