Question
What are the causes of pediatric epilepsy?
Answer
Causes of pediatric epilepsy include:
- Febrile seizures (heat-induced seizures)
- Viral infections such as viral encephalitis and encephalitis B.
- Bacterial infections such as purulent meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, cerebritis, and thrombosis of the sagittal sinus.
- Fungal infections such as cryptococcal meningitis.
- Parasitic infections such as cysticercosis, cerebral malaria, cerebral schistosomiasis, cerebral lung fluke disease, and toxoplasmosis.
- Extracerebral diseases include febrile seizures, toxic encephalopathy (severe pneumonia, pertussis, toxic diarrhea, sepsis as the primary disease), and tetanus.