Is epilepsy hereditary? How much do you know about epilepsy?

Many parents of children with epilepsy are worried that the disease will be passed on to the next generation, so they dare not have children. Some patients with epilepsy are also afraid to get married, for fear that conceiving a child after marriage will lead to indirect infection and inheritance to their offspring. Epilepsy is hereditary to a certain extent, and it depends on whether there is a genetic history in the family. If the patient marries and has children with a normal person, the chance of inheriting epilepsy is almost 10%, and the chance of inheritance can be reduced.

Is epilepsy hereditary in children? What should I pay attention to in case of genetic epilepsy?

Although epilepsy has a certain degree of heredity, according to relevant genetic data, epilepsy is hereditary. The damage to the brain caused by factors from the embryo to before the onset of the disease is the main external cause of epilepsy. Studies on twins suffering from epilepsy have shown that epilepsy patients have a genetic susceptibility. The consistency of the disease in monozygotic twins is about 6 times that in dizygotic twins. There are significant differences in the consistency of the disease and the consistency of seizure types between the two. This shows that the consistency of epilepsy varies depending on the genetic conditions. Clinically, the incidence of epilepsy in relatives of primary epilepsy is significantly higher than that in secondary epilepsy, and the closer the blood relationship to the patient, the higher the incidence.

Epilepsy is hereditary, but not absolute. In real life, epileptic seizures caused by genetic factors only account for a small part of all epilepsy. From this we can see that epilepsy patients do not need to worry too much about whether epilepsy is hereditary. 90% of babies born to epilepsy patients are healthy. Epilepsy is not absolutely hereditary. It can be said that children born to epilepsy patients generally will not inherit the disease. Epilepsy patients do not need to worry too much, but they still need to receive early treatment.

Epilepsy has a variety of causes and symptoms. In short, epilepsy itself has quite a lot of types. Generally speaking, if one of the parents is an epileptic, the child is more likely to develop epilepsy. Of course, if both parents suffer from epilepsy, the child's chances of getting the disease are even higher. However, given that this probability is related to which type of epilepsy it is still necessary to do a comprehensive examination first to determine which type of epilepsy it is. Only then can the probability of the next generation becoming ill be estimated. Therefore, each of us must treat the genetic problem of epilepsy correctly and make timely preparations for relevant examinations and treatments.

There are many causes of childhood epilepsy. It may be caused by the child's acquired conditions. However, the time interval between childhood epileptic seizures varies from person to person. Some people have an attack once every six months, while others do not have an attack for several years.

The interval between attacks is uncertain, and for some people, the duration of each attack is also uncertain. Some children have better immunity, so the number and duration of attacks will be relatively shorter than those of children with poorer immunity.

So it all depends on your physical condition. It doesn't necessarily mean that children will have an attack every six months or three months. Some children will have frequent attacks, and sometimes they may have continuous attacks for several days in a row.

However, for pediatric epilepsy, since the number of seizures is relatively rare, it is better to arrange for the child to receive treatment as early as possible. Otherwise, the number of seizures may increase as the child grows older.