If my father has leprosy, will it be hereditary?

Everyone knows that epilepsy is hereditary. If the father has epilepsy, the child may also have epilepsy, but this is not certain. It is possible that the child will not have epilepsy. Epilepsy is mostly a disease with problems in the brain's signal and metabolic disorders. Epilepsy must be treated in time, and the earlier the treatment, the better. However, when treating epilepsy, you must go to a regular professional hospital and never choose some folk remedies.

What are the causes of epilepsy?

The causes of epilepsy can be divided into two types: idiopathic and symptomatic.

Idiopathic epilepsy refers to a type of epilepsy that has no manifestations of organic or metabolic brain diseases and whose causes are still unclear. It is also called true or primary epilepsy. The seizures of idiopathic epilepsy are mostly systemic, such as generalized tonic-coil seizures, absence seizures, and myoclonic seizures. It is caused by a variety of organic brain diseases or metabolic disorders.

Symptomatic secondary causes can be divided into the following situations:

1. Congenital malformations, such as chromosomal malformations, congenital hydrocephalus, microcephaly, corpus callosum dysplasia, cerebral cortex dysplasia, etc.

2. Birth injury is a common cause of symptomatic epilepsy in infants. Contusion, edema, hemorrhage and infarction can also lead to local brain sclerosis, forming lesions after several years. Patients with cerebral paralysis often suffer from epilepsy.

3. Sequelae of febrile convulsions: Severe and prolonged febrile convulsions can lead to brain damage including neuron loss and glial hyperplasia.

4. Brain injury: Patients with residual epilepsy after brain injury may have depressed fractures, dura mater tears, local nervous system signs, and memory impairment after long-term injury. The most common cases are early epileptic seizures within a few weeks after injury.

5. Viral infection

6. Poisoning by lead, mercury, carbon monoxide, ethanol, strychnine, isoniazid, and systemic diseases such as pregnancy-induced hypertension and uremia can all cause epilepsy.

7. Senile dementia is often accompanied by epilepsy.

What are the dangers of epilepsy?

Epileptic seizures can damage normal nerve cells, cause collagen proliferation, and change the biochemical environment of other organs in the body. The main effects on epileptic patients include brain damage, impact on behavior, impact on life expectancy, and damage to other tissues and organs.

Epilepsy is very dangerous. Once an epileptic attack occurs, the person may suddenly lose consciousness and fall to the ground, causing damage to the brain or other parts of the body. Epilepsy can also cause respiratory arrest, lead to hypoxia and edema of brain cells, and may also aggravate brain cell damage. When brain cells are damaged, it can not only lead to memory loss, personality changes, and slow reactions, but also make epileptic attacks more frequent. Some patients with epilepsy who have been ill for a long time may behave strangely, be taciturn, withdrawn, irritable, suspicious, etc. Epilepsy attacks often occur suddenly, which can easily cause accidental injuries to patients, or even endanger their lives. Some patients have persistent epilepsy attacks, which can easily lead to complications and endanger their lives. Some patients' breathing, blood pressure, and heart rate will be affected during epilepsy attacks, and other tissues and organs will also be damaged to a certain extent.