Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in children

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My child was born with epilepsy, his mother and I have no epilepsy, our family has no history of epilepsy, take him to the hospital for examination, the body also recovered almost, for the diagnosis and treatment of children with epilepsy? Do you know anything about this? So let's talk about the diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in children.

Diagnosis and treatment of epilepsy in children

Treatment 1: surgical treatment of epilepsy: this method is also a lot of patients, willing to use, surgical treatment method, through the operation to remove the patient's body, induce epilepsy brain tissue, resection of its epileptic area, effectively avoid the seizure of epilepsy. But the success of surgical treatment must accurately determine the pathogenic area, and the surgical treatment should be carried out in a regular professional hospital, in order to prevent improper operation and unnecessary damage to patients.

Treatment 2: drug treatment: the general principles of epilepsy drug treatment are: early medication, sufficient dosage, accurate medication and long time. Once the diagnosis of epilepsy is established, take medicine immediately to control the seizure. If the dosage is enough to control epilepsy without seizure and drug toxicity, the blood drug concentration can be checked if necessary. According to the different types of epilepsy or syndrome to determine the drug selection.

Treatment 3: diet therapy: the diet therapy of epilepsy mainly refers to ketogenic diet therapy. Therefore, through the selection of high fat ratio, low protein and carbohydrate ratio of diet formula to make the body produce ketone body, in order to simulate the body's response to hunger to treat epilepsy and other diseases. For epilepsy that is difficult to control with drugs, ketogenic diet treatment can be tried out. Family members must start treatment strictly in the epilepsy center with conditions, and strictly implement the diet plan. Because it needs certain technical monitoring and has certain risks, patients and their families should not implement it without authorization.

matters needing attention

High zinc food is not suitable for female patients with epilepsy. The occurrence of female epilepsy is closely related to the increase of zinc content in the body, especially in the brain. Because female epilepsy drugs or other metabolites can effectively react with zinc ions, reduce the blood zinc concentration of female patients with epilepsy, so as to control female seizures. Female patients with epilepsy should try to eat less or do not eat rich food containing zinc.