The dangers and treatment of pediatric epilepsy

Epilepsy is a common pediatric syndrome of recurrent brain dysfunction caused by a variety of etiological factors. Clinical manifestations are varied, with the most common being recurrent muscle convulsions and disorders of consciousness; there may also be sensory abnormalities, behavioral abnormalities, emotional and perceptual abnormalities, memory alterations, or phytoneurological disorders. It seriously affects the quality of life of the affected children and their parents. The dangers of pediatric epilepsy are mainly manifested as follows: 1, sudden seizures can lead to serious trauma. 2, recurrent seizures lead to significant backwardness in the intellectual and motor development of the affected children, with dull and indifferent expressions, not being able to smile, not recognizing people and not being able to gaze. Afterwards, the functions of head erection, sitting, standing and walking are all affected, and the language development is backward. 3, psychological disorders, recurrent seizures of the disease to the child caused many inconveniences and received restrictions, mental psychological damage, the child nervousness, anxiety, fear of seizures, afraid of seizures to harm the body, be stigmatized, do not dare to go to the public places alone, but also afraid of long-term medication to make themselves stupid, while social stigma and prejudice, that epileptic children are inferior. If parents, teachers, classmates do not understand, more feel no way out, discouragement, and even produce anorexia and light thoughts. 4.Impact on family life. Parents are often anxious, nervous and depressed after their children are diagnosed with epilepsy, which aggravates the economic and psychological burden of parents, causes psychological barriers for the parents of the affected children, and seriously affects the quality of family life of the affected children. 5. If a child with epilepsy is not treated, individual children may stop having seizures within one to three years, but most of them tend to develop other types of epileptic seizures, making treatment more difficult. Therefore, once a child with epilepsy is diagnosed, he or she should be treated aggressively without delay. The aim of epilepsy treatment is to control seizures, eliminate the causes and improve the quality of life of the child. This is a complex and long-term work, which requires the formulation of long-term, systematic and formal treatment plan, and always emphasizes the comprehensive treatment combining antiepileptic drug therapy and non-pharmacological therapy. 80% of children can be cured through formal treatment.