Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder with a higher prevalence in children than adults, with 40 to 50 per 100,000 children affected. Epilepsy can seriously affect the mental and intellectual development of young children, and the following misconceptions should be corrected in the prevention and treatment of epilepsy in children. Epilepsy is not an “incurable disease”. About two-thirds of children with epilepsy can be treated with regular antiepileptic drugs to completely control their seizures and achieve a clinical cure so that they can live, study and work in good health. Just less than one-third of epileptic patients cannot control their seizures well with existing antiepileptic drugs, but with the development of science and technology, the continuous development of new antiepileptic drugs and the advancement of surgical treatment techniques, the condition of these patients will also be improved and controlled to varying degrees. According to a survey, 40% of epileptic patients in China are not treated at all, 35% are treated informally, and only 25% are treated formally. The active cooperation of the child and family is the basic guarantee for the treatment of epilepsy. At present, drugs are the preferred treatment for epilepsy, and as long as they are used scientifically and systematically, the condition of most patients can be completely controlled. Many parents are eager for success, hoping that short-term treatment will eliminate the root cause and never have a seizure. There is no excuse for this expectation, but at present, neither domestic nor foreign countries are able to meet this requirement. The lack of adequate knowledge and preparation for epilepsy as a chronic brain disorder, the eagerness to seek medical treatment, and the disorganization of medical treatment also bring confusion to the treatment and affect the prognosis of epilepsy. If the treatment is not satisfactory and the seizures are not completely controlled, instead of actively seeking medical attention and finding the cause, they will keep running around and changing the treatment plan. After suffering from painful seizures, they lose confidence in the treatment and feel that there is little hope for a cure, so they stop the medication on their own, which is a more common mistake. There are also some patients who do not pay attention to avoiding and preventing the triggering factors that cause seizures in their normal life, which consequently affects the treatment effect. Some parents lack the basic knowledge of epilepsy and blindly believe in some “cure” and “root cause” advertisements, so they are deceived by hearsay. Some parents of children with epilepsy are lucky with anti-epileptic treatment, hoping that they will not have another seizure; or they are afraid that their children will become “stupid” or “eat bad liver” after taking medication for a long time. Some parents are reluctant to use medication; or they believe in so-called “prescriptions”; or they change medication frequently because they are in a hurry. This often reduces the efficacy or leads to treatment failure. Although the drugs used to treat epilepsy have a certain degree of inhibitory effect on neurological function, the side effects of the drugs are only transient, and their adverse effects are much less than the damage to brain function caused by the seizures themselves. If not properly treated, not only will seizures become more frequent, but they will also severely impair higher neuropsychiatric functions and cause intellectual and motor impairment or emotional abnormalities. The more drugs used in treatment, the better There are many irregularities in the treatment of epilepsy in China, such as the use of five to six drugs at the same time, various burial therapies, and the addition of western drugs to so-called proprietary Chinese medicines. These informal treatments have not been scientifically verified, and if they are used randomly, they will cause more difficulties in treatment once adverse reactions occur. The majority of children can be treated satisfactorily with single medication, while a few children with stubborn and difficult conditions can be treated with a combination of two or three drugs. The combination of drugs must be done under the guidance of a specialist, otherwise it is possible that the side effects of the drugs will be superimposed while not improving the efficacy. A large number of clinical studies have shown that patients with epilepsy who discontinue medication within 2 years of control have a recurrence rate of 30% to 40%, while the recurrence rate is greatly reduced when medication is discontinued after 2 years.