Epilepsy is caused by abnormal discharge of neurons in the brain and is characterized by sudden, prolonged and repeated seizures. The condition of each seizure is frightening to people, with sudden seizures, twitching of limbs, foaming at the mouth, often accompanied by screaming and loss of consciousness. The fact that there is a high incidence of epilepsy, multiple and complex causes, recurrent seizures, and long treatment cycles, has led many people to believe that epilepsy is an incurable disease, in fact, with the development of medical technology, epilepsy is not an incurable disease, after timely treatment, reasonable medication, or take epilepsy focal resection, many patients with epilepsy control effect is very good, and even completely seizure-free. So epilepsy patients and their families should have confidence, active treatment and believe in science. 3, epilepsy must be hereditary Epilepsy is classified as primary epilepsy and secondary epilepsy according to the cause, primary epilepsy is not yet found a clear cause, there is a certain genetic tendency, but secondary epilepsy is generally not hereditary, because secondary epilepsy is a clear cause, such as traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, cerebrovascular disease, hypoxia, brain poisoning, etc. It is recommended to actively treat the problem, especially the fertility of patients with epilepsy. There are many issues involved, such as how long is seizure-free before pregnancy is possible? Do I have to stop taking my medication if I get pregnant? …… so be sure to follow the doctor’s advice and eugenics. 4, epileptic patients need to take medication for life Epileptic patients do not necessarily need to take medication for life, epilepsy early diagnosis, good prognosis, after scientific and reasonable treatment, most epileptic patients can be effectively controlled, if epileptic patients do not have seizures for 2 to 5 years, you can reduce the drug to stop medication. The premise is that you must cooperate with your doctor and stop the medication only if the professional doctor thinks the patient can stop the medication. The first thing you need to do is to take a look at the results of the surgery. The method. By stimulating the vagus nerve on the left side of the body, it improves the firing pattern of the brain and plays a role in controlling seizures. Vagus nerve stimulation can reduce the frequency and number of seizures, the duration and severity of seizures in patients. As well as improving the patient’s quality of life and cognitive ability after surgery.