What factors affect the treatment of epilepsy

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An accident made me suffer from epilepsy. Every time I got sick, I kept twitching and foaming. I didn't have any consciousness. I often scared my family. Now I have been receiving drug treatment, but the effect is not good. Let's talk about which factors affect the treatment of epilepsy.

What factors affect the treatment of epilepsy

First, the family members should not change the dosage and dosage at will. Whether it is to increase or decrease the dosage or change the variety, it should be carried out under the guidance of the doctor, and the treatment should be carried out for a long time. After the epilepsy is completely controlled, the treatment can be stopped gradually. The process of reducing the dose also needs more than one year. Short term or sudden stop of treatment should be avoided. The longer the course of disease, the larger the dose, the slower the stop of treatment. A few may need lifelong treatment.

Second: long term anxiety, depression and emotional instability will affect the nervous system of patients with epilepsy. The change of sympathetic nerve will reduce the normal differentiation and regeneration of neuron cells. At the same time, it will affect the blood circulation and immune system of patients, inhibit the repair of neuron cells, and then aggravate the disease.

Third: after a long period of treatment, patients still face the risk of reoccurrence after drug withdrawal. The possibility of reoccurrence should be evaluated before deciding whether to stop the drug. The recurrence rate of patients with abnormal EEG, obvious neuroimaging abnormalities and functional defect of nervous system is significantly increased, and the medication time should be prolonged.

matters needing attention

Surgical treatment of epilepsy, there are strict surgical indications, and is after the standard drug treatment is ineffective in the case of surgery, patients have suffered from the pain of epilepsy treatment, but also bear the risk of craniotomy, and after surgery, or need to continue to take antiepileptic drugs to consolidate.