Treatment of primary epilepsy

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My child is suffering from epilepsy now, and it has been about two years now. We are taking western medicine for treatment again, and the effect is not very good. Sometimes the child says that he has a serious headache. At present, he is actively cooperating with the doctor in the treatment. What about the treatment of primary epilepsy? Do you understand? Let's talk about the treatment of primary epilepsy.

Treatment of primary epilepsy

Drug 1: at present, the most commonly used drugs include traditional antiepileptic drugs such as carbamazepine, sodium valproate, and new antiepileptic drugs such as lamotrigine, topiramate, and oxcarbamate. These antiepileptic drugs are safer than phenytoin sodium, phenobarbital and other old drugs with less side effects, and are ideal choices for patients with epilepsy.

Drug 2: epilepsy drug treatment advocates single drug treatment, let the doctor according to the patient's condition and examination results to suit the medicine, see the specific condition of patients with epilepsy suitable for what kind of drug, what kind of drug treatment effect of epilepsy patients can achieve the best.

Drug 3: starting from a small dose, if a single drug is ineffective, we can consider adding or changing another antiepileptic drug. We must not mix a variety of antiepileptic drugs together, which may lead to drug resistance of epilepsy and increase the occurrence of side effects. If it is really believed that one drug is ineffective or has excessive side effects on the patient, it should be replaced gradually when another drug is needed.

matters needing attention

? because of many restrictions on epileptic patients from the outside world, as well as the excessive concern of relatives and friends, patients may feel that they are epileptic all the time, and their work, life, study and other aspects are subject to certain restrictions. They can't be the same as normal people. The psychological shadow that they can't get rid of makes patients fall into loneliness, unwilling to be with others, unwilling to participate in collective activities, I like to be alone in the corner. Especially in adolescent patients, loneliness will be stronger.