Are primary epilepsy and secondary epilepsy hereditary?

Speaking of epilepsy, I believe it will make everyone feel very depressed, because the onset of epilepsy is difficult to sustain and difficult to recover. Some patients can only relieve the frequent attacks of epilepsy through long-term medication. In addition, in addition to knowing the treatment of epilepsy, everyone must also know the difference between primary epilepsy and secondary epilepsy, and whether it is hereditary.

Is epilepsy hereditary in children?

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.