How can a pregnant woman with epilepsy give birth to a child?

As we all know, epilepsy is also a genetic disease with a certain probability of inheritance, so if both parents suffer from epilepsy, there is a high probability that it will be passed on to the baby. For pregnant women with epilepsy, the risk rate during pregnancy will be greatly increased, because if they are not careful, fetal malformations and fetal hypoxia may occur. So how should pregnant women with epilepsy give birth to children?

1What should patients with epilepsy eat?

1. Epilepsy patients should first have a balanced diet and eat more vegetables and fruits to supplement minerals and vitamins. Eat less oil, salt and sugar, and eat appropriate amounts of fish, meat, eggs, milk and soy products to provide sufficient protein.

2. The diet of epileptic patients should be simple and peaceful, and they should eat less fatty, sweet, greasy, fried and spicy foods. They should avoid drinking too much water and consuming too much salt. And you should develop good eating habits, avoid overeating, and eat more coarse grains.

3. Epilepsy patients should choose nutritious and easily digestible foods. Such as pasta, beans, lean meat, eggs, fish, milk, etc. Eat more protein-rich foods appropriately. This can help restore brain function and reduce the number of seizures.

4. Epilepsy patients can eat more bean sprouts, boiled eggs and other foods that help the synthesis of neurotransmitters. And when choosing food, choose more foods that contain complex magnesium and manganese elements.

2 Detailed explanation: Can patients with epilepsy have children?

Our marriage law has never explicitly prohibited epileptic patients from having children. However, from the perspective of eugenics, it is best for epileptic patients to avoid marrying people with a low "seizure threshold", including epileptic patients and those with a history of febrile convulsions. In addition, if one of your children already suffers from epilepsy, it is best not to have more children. Because, for people who have these two conditions, the chances of their children suffering from epilepsy will be greatly increased. In addition, epileptic patients with obvious intellectual and physical disabilities are advised not to have children because they cannot bear the burden of the family and have no ability to raise and educate their children.

Whether epilepsy is inherited has a great relationship with the cause of epilepsy. Epilepsy can be divided into primary and secondary according to the cause. Primary epilepsy is somewhat hereditary. People who have the "febrile convulsion" constitution in childhood are more likely to develop epilepsy in adulthood than normal people. Secondary epilepsy, such as epilepsy occurring after brain trauma or epilepsy occurring after encephalitis, is not hereditary.

In addition, if there are cases in the previous generation or peers of the family, there is a greater possibility that epilepsy is inherited.

Paying attention to the reproductive function of patients with epilepsy is an important part of improving their quality of life. In this regard, experts remind: It is necessary to actively adopt standardized treatments to control patients' epileptic seizures. Taking into account certain adverse reactions of anti-epileptic drugs, patients who have not yet given birth should try to avoid using drugs that may affect reproductive function.

Childbirth for women with epilepsy may increase the risk of epileptic seizures, various complications, and offspring malformations. According to statistics: 45% of epileptic patients have an increase in seizures after pregnancy, 5% have a decrease, and 50% have no change. Some individuals develop severe status epilepticus due to pregnancy. The deformity rate of children of epileptic women is 1 to 1.6 times higher than that of normal women.