What is the treatment of epilepsy in children

The ultimate treatment goals for childhood epilepsy that are common internationally include protecting the patient’s cognitive function, improving the quality of survival, and controlling clinical seizures. The following treatment options are available: 1. In diagnosed epilepsy, drug therapy is the primary treatment. Appropriate antiepileptic drugs can be selected according to the condition, and the course of antiepileptic therapy, and 70-80% of patients will be able to control their seizures. In some severe epilepsy, such as epileptic syndrome and epileptic encephalopathy, glucocorticoid therapy, such as methylprednisolone shock therapy, is also used. 2. Due to the breakdown of fat metabolism to produce ketone bodies, thereby inhibiting seizures. It is used for patients with refractory epilepsy, or patients with glucose transporter 1 deficiency syndrome, and is an effective treatment option. 3. Patients who do not have good results after the above treatments, opt for surgical treatment or vagus nerve stimulation options. Surgical treatment is generally used when the patient has a definite brain lesion, usually by focal resection or corpus callosum excision. Most are treated with subchondral transection as well as low-power electrocoagulation and thermal cautery. Vagus nerve stimulation is a relatively new option for the treatment of epilepsy and is performed by vagus nerve implantation to stimulate the deep nuclei. However, this method is more often used in clinical research, and the effectiveness of clinical treatment remains to be seen.