Things to prepare before consultation for epilepsy patients

  Many epilepsy patients do not know what materials to prepare when consulting a doctor, or they cannot grasp the focus, resulting in poor consultation results. This is of great value in determining the cause of the epilepsy and the location of the lesion in the brain, i.e. the foci. In addition, the progression of the disease, the detailed process of evolution to the present, including what abnormalities preceded the seizures, the appearance of the seizures, changes, the number of seizures per month, the duration of each seizure, what time of day most seizures occur, and what can cause seizures. The doctor should be informed in detail whether EEG and MRI have been done, whether they have been treated in the past, where they were treated, how they were treated, the medication used, the duration of treatment and the effect of treatment, and the adverse reactions, so as to facilitate the doctor’s judgment.  The functional neurosurgery department of Zhengzhou Yihe Hospital suggests you that medication is preferred for epilepsy, but should not be added or changed, because if 3 drugs alone or in combination fail, then the hope of further medication is less than 5%. If more than 2 antiepileptic drugs are applied for more than 2 years of regular medication and there is still more than 1 seizure per month, surgical treatment should be considered, and accurate seizure typing and identification of epileptic foci are the basis for targeted treatment. Treatment according to regular principles can lead to a state of eradication or remission of symptoms in 80% of epileptic patients.