Question

After a child is struck in the head, they begin to experience frequent tremors and occasional seizures. Do these symptoms indicate epilepsy? Can a blow to the head trigger epilepsy?

Answer

Common causes of fever and seizure include high fever seizures, epidemic encephalitis, purulent meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, other viral meningitis, toxic encephalopathy, neonatal tetanus, brain abscess, epilepsy, hypertensive encephalopathy, poisoning, etc. Possible causes of afebrile or subfebrile seizures may include intracranial hemorrhage, brain maldevelopment or malformation, severe brain hypoxia, infantile tetany, hypoglycemia, uremia, hepatic coma, infantile convulsions, epilepsy, brain tumor, hypertensive encephalopathy, poisoning, etc. Typical symptoms of epilepsy include seizures, fainting, and pale complexion. Although seizures are one of the symptoms of epilepsy, they are not exclusive to epilepsy. Seizures caused by other conditions such as hysterical seizures, hypocalcemic seizures, infantile high fever convulsions, and hypoglycemic convulsions are not within the scope of epilepsy. Therefore, not all seizures are caused by epilepsy. Suggestion: If there are seizure symptoms, it is advisable to seek medical attention promptly.