Can infantile spasm be cured

summary

Infantile spasm mainly occurs in newborns, there will be limb paralysis and seizures and other serious manifestations, it is easy to cause child death. Let's see if infantile spasm can be cured.

Can infantile spasm be cured

First of all: the death rate of this disease is 13%, and more than 90% of them are mentally retarded. Therefore, it is very important to recognize the disease and control it in time. Most of symptomatic infantile spasms have a poor prognosis, which is mainly manifested by the serious lag of intelligence and motor development, the difficulty in controlling convulsions, and the easy conversion to other types.

Secondly, antiepileptic drugs can eliminate or reduce epileptic seizures in two ways: one is to affect the central neurons to prevent or reduce their pathological excessive discharge; the other is to increase the excitation threshold of normal brain tissue, weaken the spread of excitation of lesions, and prevent the recurrence of epilepsy. Antiepileptic drugs such as phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine, Ethylsuccinate and sodium valproate are called old antiepileptic drugs, among which phenobarbital, phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine and sodium valproate are widely used as first-line antiepileptic drugs. However, some developed countries, due to some side effects of phenobarbital and phenytoin sodium, have included them in the second-line antiepileptic drugs. Only carbamazepine and sodium valproate were listed as first-line antiepileptic drugs. New antiepileptic drugs such as gabapentin, lamotrigine, aminohexenoic acid, topiramate, etc. at present, the relatively new is levoetiracetam tablets.

Finally: surgical treatment: ① cortical lesion resection; ② anterior temporal lobe resection; ③ hemispheric cortex resection; ④ combined cerebral resection; ⑤ stereotactic surgery for epilepsy; ⑥ cerebellar electrical stimulation therapy for epilepsy. After a variety of treatment, patients can also accept minimally invasive separated pacemaker implantation, the effect is remarkable.

matters needing attention

Attention should be paid to perinatal health care to protect the fetus and newborn from hypoxia, birth injury, infection and other damage, especially to prevent neonatal asphyxia and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. In addition, we should actively treat various diseases induced by the nervous system to reduce the incidence of complications.