Is epilepsy hereditary?

I believe everyone has heard that epilepsy is hereditary. Will epilepsy be passed on to children? What are the chances of curing epilepsy? What is the probability of inheritance? According to social surveys, the disease affects a wide range of people, ranging in age from children to people in their seventies. In medical terms, it is called pediatric epilepsy, childhood epilepsy, and elderly epilepsy.

So, is epilepsy hereditary? The onset of epilepsy is caused by both internal and external factors. Damage to the patient's brain from the embryo to before the onset of the disease is the external cause of epilepsy, while genetic factors are the internal cause of epilepsy. Therefore, the onset of epilepsy is not absolute. Epilepsy will only be inherited when internal and external factors act together.

Therefore, as long as we control the external factors that cause epileptic seizures, we can completely prevent epileptic seizures. In addition, relevant studies have found that children with epilepsy have a genetic susceptibility, and the disease consistency of monozygotic twins is about 6 times that of dizygotic twins. There are significant differences in the consistency of the disease and the consistency of seizure types between the two.

Therefore, different genetic traits will lead to different consistency in the prevalence of epilepsy, proving that epilepsy has a definite relationship with genetics. According to experts, epilepsy is not an incurable disease. As long as the patient is treated properly, the condition can be controlled. Of course, during the treatment of epilepsy, it is recommended that patients with epilepsy go to a professional hospital for treatment. Experts will develop appropriate treatment plans based on the patient's condition.

In fact, 80% of epilepsy patients can control epilepsy well through drug treatment, but patients should not be impatient for quick results during drug treatment of epilepsy. Many patients often take multiple medications in order to see results as soon as possible. Many drug interactions can reduce the efficacy of the drugs and even cause some toxic side effects.

In a few cases, epilepsy is caused by irregular genetic influences, but in most cases the impact is small and the extent of the impact is mainly related to the cause. Among relatives of primary patients, the incidence rate is 3%-4%, and among secondary patients it is 0-1%, which shows that the primary disease has a great impact and the closer the blood relationship, the higher the incidence rate. If both parents have epilepsy or one of their children has developed the disease, the incidence rate of the third generation is 20%. Therefore, although the primary patient can get married, he or she should limit the number of children. When choosing a spouse, epileptic patients should not choose someone who has suffered from epilepsy or has a family history of the disease. The more distant the blood relationship, the better.

Idiopathic epilepsy is a generalized seizure disorder with a familial genetic tendency, accounting for about 40% of all types of epilepsy. The inheritance modes include single gene inheritance and polygenic inheritance. Generally speaking, if one of the parents is suffering from epilepsy, the child's chance of having epilepsy is naturally higher. If both parents suffer from epilepsy, the chance is even higher. In any case, the most important thing is to first diagnose which type of epilepsy you have so that you can assess whether your baby has a high chance of inheriting epilepsy, so you must treat the issue of epilepsy inheritance correctly.

According to medical experts, epilepsy is indeed somewhat hereditary, the causes of the disease are complex, and the inheritance probability is around 6%, so the inheritance probability of epilepsy is very low. Therefore, the majority of epilepsy patients do not need to worry too much. With the continuous development and progress of medicine, targeted treatment of the disease can completely eliminate epileptic attacks.