Question
A child has been suffering from epilepsy since childhood and has been receiving treatment and taking antiepileptic drugs. Although there are occasional seizures, they do not affect their daily life. However, the child’s academic performance is poor, and parents are concerned about whether epilepsy can affect intelligence.
Answer
Hello, secondary epilepsy can indeed affect intelligence in most cases. For example, if there are primary diseases in the patient’s brain, such as encephalitis or brain contusion, these diseases may lead to secondary epilepsy and subsequently affect intelligence. Different types of epilepsy seizures also have varying degrees of impact on intelligence, such as some children who may have convulsive epilepsy or psychomotor epilepsy.