How to provide home care for people with epilepsy?

  In addition to taking medication, daily care is also very important in the formal treatment of epilepsy. If there are family members with epilepsy, others in the family should take the initiative to assume responsibility for the care of the patient. This will not only help to ensure the smooth recovery of the patient, but also help to avoid the economic and psychological burden of long-term medication for patients without K. Clinically, we have observed that patients with good treatment results do better in home care and keeping in touch with their doctors than those with poor treatment results. How to take care of patients at home? We need to pay attention to the following aspects: a. Observation of the disease: fully understand the characteristics of the patient’s seizure, such as the trigger, place, time and duration of the seizure. Closely observe the characteristics of the seizure, mainly observing whether the seizure is dominated by convulsions or loss of consciousness, the site of convulsions, the presence of incontinence, bitten tongue and trauma, etc. Observe the post-ictal manifestations, such as the presence of headache, weakness, nausea, vomiting, etc. Record the relevant seizure frequency and characteristics in the follow-up observation registry to facilitate the follow-up physician’s understanding of the condition.  Medication care: 1. Families should supervise and check that the patient takes medication on time, in the right amount and accurately, and check if there is any residual medication in the mouth when necessary, and try to avoid taking less, missing or taking more.  2.Family members should not casually change the medication and dose, whether to increase or decrease the medication and change the variety of medication, should be done under the guidance of the doctor.  3. The treatment should be continued for a longer period of time, and only after the epilepsy is completely controlled can the medication be considered to be gradually discontinued, and the doctor should be consulted if the criteria for discontinuation are met. The longer the course of the disease, the greater the dose, the slower the discontinuation of medication, and a few may need to take medication for life.  Life care: 1. Patients should establish a good living system, life should be regular, can be engaged in some light physical labor and outdoor activities, but should avoid excessive exertion, tension, etc.  2, diet should be given rich in nutrients and easy to digest food, eat more light, high vitamin vegetables and fruits, do not overeat.  3, try to avoid long-term television, computer and video games, such as unavoidable, should be left light more than the brightness of the display, each viewing time of no more than half an hour, do not watch the program will cause mental tension.  4, avoid strain, regular rest system, rest and wake up on time, should not engage in work that affects normal rest, such as night shift, long hours of work, etc.; 5, try to avoid dangerous places and dangerous goods; should not engage in high-altitude work and highly stressful work, such as driving, bicycling, etc.; children should not play alone at the river, fireside; should not go out alone at night; do not do modern high-altitude games, such as bungee jumping, roller coaster, etc.  6. Keep the air in your home fresh and circulating, and avoid going to places with many people and dirty air.  7.Enhance physical fitness, avoid colds, fever, diarrhea and other infectious diseases. If the disease should be treated in a timely manner.  The patient often feels nervous, anxious, fearful, emotional instability, etc., always worried about the onset of the disease again, family members should often give care, help, love, and timely guidance for the mind concerns, so that they have a good living environment, happy mood, good The family members should always give care, help and love, and give timely guidance for their worries, so that they can have a good living environment, happy mood and good emotion. At the same time, family members themselves should maintain a good state of mind, do not be misled by some incorrect rumors in society or the media, and often keep in touch with follow-up doctors.  Once a seizure occurs, there is no need to panic, the patient should be laid flat, head on one side, quickly loosen the collar, clean the secretions in the mouth to avoid accidental inhalation, keep the respiratory tract open, while the chopsticks wrapped in a towel prepared in advance and stuffed between the upper and lower teeth of the patient to avoid tongue bite, do not forcibly press the convulsing body to avoid fractures and dislocations. If the seizure fails to stop, or if the seizure is frequent, contact 120 as soon as possible to send the patient to the hospital for the next step of treatment.