Can infants with epilepsy be treated?

Infancy is the most common period of epileptic convulsions, and the most common cause is febrile convulsions, which usually stop before the age of 10 and can be cured spontaneously without treatment; if infantile epilepsy is due to cerebrovascular disease, traumatic brain injury, congenital cerebral hypoplasia, cerebral palsy, and other organic brain lesions, cure is generally less likely. This condition requires prompt use of sedative drugs, such as diazepam or phenobarbital, to control seizures, in addition to sodium valproate and carbamazepine to control further development of the condition. If medication is not effective, surgery is required, but there is still some possibility of recurrence after surgery, so long-term oral medication is needed to maintain the condition. There is also a primary type of infantile epilepsy called infantile spasms, which has a poor prognosis and can result in the death of the child. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to infantile epilepsy. If your baby has transient loss of consciousness, interrupted speech, pale face and convulsions, you should go to the hospital promptly. If the child has been diagnosed with epilepsy and has had multiple seizures, immediate treatment is needed to avoid convulsive brain injury; if the child has no obvious organic lesions and the first seizure is not severe, medication may be temporarily unnecessary, but close observation is required.