Epilepsy is a common syndrome of the nervous system, commonly known as “goat epilepsy” and “goat horns”, with a prevalence rate of about 5 per 1,000 in the general population and even higher in children. In children with epilepsy, they will suddenly fall down, faint, spit saliva, look up, and twitch their whole body or limbs.
Some patients with epilepsy do not have seizures, but show signs of fainting, immobility, abnormal behavior, emotional or mental abnormalities, or symptoms of vegetative dysfunction such as abdominal pain, headache, or vomiting. Recurrent seizures are an important feature of epilepsy.
The causes of epilepsy are complex
Those for which a definite cause can be found are called secondary epilepsy or symptomatic epilepsy. This type of epilepsy can be caused by congenital conditions or by various conditions at birth or after birth. Some congenital genetic conditions such as tuberous sclerosis, cerebral facial angiomatosis, and neurofibromatosis have lesions in the brain that can cause seizures.
Among the various causes of epilepsy, birth injuries account for a large proportion. Some people have calculated that in more than 7000 cases of epilepsy, about 10% of them have a history of birth injuries, such as severe asphyxia, intracranial hemorrhage and forceps assisted delivery.
The company’s main goal is to provide a comprehensive range of products and services to the public. The fact is that epilepsy is a chronic disease, in addition to a few cases are more difficult to treat, or even delayed for life, most children with epilepsy, after long-term, reasonable regular treatment, is able to treat or improve the symptoms.
Controlling symptoms with medication
When a child has epilepsy, parents want to cure the child as soon as possible. Parents should have a correct understanding of the word “cure. Some diseases, such as pneumonia and dysentery, can be cured when the bacteria that cause the disease are eliminated with injections and medication, and the child quickly recovers. However, there are some diseases whose causes are unknown and it is difficult to remove the “root cause” of the disease, so we can only control the symptoms with medication so that it does not manifest itself.
The majority of epilepsies fall into the latter category. For epilepsy, a child can be cured after reasonable and patient treatment so that the child no longer has seizures. Secondly, the cure of epilepsy is also conditional on a longer period of observation. It is irresponsible to rashly declare that the child has been cured after 2-3 months of treatment without seizures.
With the continued discovery of antiepileptic drugs in recent years, the effectiveness of treatment for pediatric epilepsy has improved greatly. Some studies point out that pediatric epilepsy can be cured in 75-80% of children with epilepsy if they are treated reasonably. According to the report, whether epilepsy can be cured is related to a number of other factors besides the drug factor.
The first is the etiology. If the epilepsy is caused by acute head trauma, when the trauma is cured, the epilepsy can also improve; however, if the epilepsy is caused by brain tumors and cerebrovascular lesions, after the tumor is removed, there are often still seizures various sequelae of encephalitis, cerebral palsy caused by epilepsy treatment effect is not ideal in some cases; if the epilepsy is caused by congenital abnormal brain development, the treatment consequences are also not good.
In addition, the consequences of treatment for different types of epilepsy are different. The age of onset of the disease is also an important factor in the outcome. The younger the age, the worse the outcome. Those that start as newborns often cause death, and even if they survive, they often have a variety of neurological sequelae.
Reasonable life and early recovery
In addition to taking anti-epileptic drugs, it is also important to arrange life in a reasonable way to avoid the triggers that cause seizures.
1. Diet
The diet of children with epilepsy is the same as that of normal children, with no special requirements. The actual fact is that you will not be able to get a good deal on your own. Some children with epilepsy eat indiscriminately during New Year’s holidays or birthdays, resulting in seizures. The most important thing is to make sure that you are not too salty. If you eat too much salt and drink too much water, it will trigger the disease.
2. Sleep
Children with epilepsy should ensure adequate sleep, some children with epilepsy play on holidays until late to sleep, and very excited, often causing seizures, the conditions should nap.
3, do not spoil the child
Some children with epilepsy do not know how to be polite, capricious, irritable, and even scold parents, as if no one else, but parents whisper, patience, do not dare to criticize. In fact, children with epilepsy do not have seizures because of criticism. The child is sick, parents should care and love, but not spoiled, otherwise, the child’s disease is cured, but left a bad temper.
4.School
Children with epilepsy can not only attend school, but can also participate in various activities organized by the school. If the seizures are particularly frequent and cannot be controlled with medication, it is not advisable to attend school. When parents send their child to school, they must tell the school that the child has epilepsy and describe the child’s seizures and the effects of treatment, so that teachers are not caught off guard when the child has a seizure.