Can epilepsy be cured?

  The treatment of epilepsy is based on drug therapy, with emphasis on standardized treatment, an adequate course of treatment, at least 3-5 years, and regular follow-up, and most epilepsy can be cured. Therefore, one should not be pessimistic about the future of epilepsy treatment. The general cure rate for childhood epilepsy can be as high as 80%, while adult epilepsy is worse, generally up to about 60% or even higher. However, for the population as a whole, there are several outcomes: some patients can be cured (about 80% for children and 60% for adults); some can only have less frequent and less severe seizures; and some are poorly treated. This mainly depends on the following two aspects: a. Factors of the disease itself 1. Different seizure types, the treatment effect is not the same. For example, the prognosis of complex partial seizures is worse than that of generalized tonic clonic seizures, the prognosis of those with atonic seizures with 3 spikes per second is the best, while the prognosis of infantile spasms is the worst; 2. The more frequent the seizures, the worse the prognosis; 3. The prognosis of those with limited EEG abnormalities is poor; 4. The prognosis of those who started seizures before the age of one is poor; 5.  The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are doing. Because there are many types of epilepsy, doctors should select drugs according to the patient’s seizure type; 2. This is determined after a long period of observation and determination of blood levels; 3. Some people may have life-threatening continuous seizures after a sudden interruption of medication; 4. Whether to change or add medication according to the specialist’s instructions. Some people are so eager to seek medical help that they go to use a single prescription when they hear that it is good, or go to treatment when they hear that a certain method is effective, resulting in more and more frequent seizures and a delayed course of the disease.    The current research of anti-epileptic drugs has made great progress, a large number of new anti-epileptic drugs continue to be developed and developed, as long as the disease in time to find a specialist diagnosis, and with the doctor’s request for reasonable treatment, most patients can achieve better results.