The dangers of epilepsy in children

Children’s epilepsy is a common neurological syndrome caused by brain dysfunction in childhood, its cause is more complex, and it will have repeated seizures, the specific hazards are mainly the following: 1, when the seizure, the baby is prone to fall and fall and hurt his head, break his arms and legs, causing fractures, brain hemorrhage and other adverse consequences. And when the baby’s teeth are closed during a seizure, it is easy to bite his tongue; 2, repeated seizures, abnormal ganglion discharge, easy to affect the baby’s intelligence and neurological development. According to the survey, half of the children with epilepsy have different degrees of intellectual disability. The earlier a child has a seizure, the greater the impact on intelligence, and epilepsy caused by encephalitis and severe traumatic brain injury has a very high chance of causing intellectual disability in children. In addition, persistent status epilepticus is also capable of affecting a child’s intelligence and can cause permanent brain damage; 3. Children with epilepsy can feel embarrassed, inferior and shy because of seizures, which affects their normal life and psychological development. Affected children can easily stay away from other children because of low self-esteem, and develop autism and other negative consequences. To sum up, children’s epilepsy is more harmful, when children are diagnosed with epilepsy, they should go to a professional hospital and receive professional treatment in time, so as not to delay the condition.