What kind of examination should children's Capricorn do

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Epilepsy patients need to go to the hospital to do physical examination, but what should be done? Many people don't know that the children of my uncle's family are patients with epilepsy. Once the disease is very scary, everyone is in the rescue, a mess. It's time to have a physical examination again. Let's talk about the physical examinations for children with epilepsy!

What kind of examination should children's Capricorn do

First: electroencephalogram (EEG) examination, EEG diagnosis and classification of epilepsy has a very important value. Epileptiform discharges such as paroxysmal spikes, sharp waves, spike slow waves and sharp slow waves in interictal EEG can help to localize the lesion.

Second: imaging examination is very helpful to determine the cause of epilepsy. Cranial CT, especially high-resolution MRI, can find the causes of epilepsy, such as intracranial calcification, space occupying, degeneration, malformation, parasites and neuronal migration disorder.

Third: according to the characteristics of the disease can be selective examination of urinary amino acid screening, blood calcium, blood sugar, electrolytes, urea nitrogen, amino acids, organic acids or biochemical substances, to help find the cause of epilepsy. If central nervous system infection is suspected, lumbar puncture can be performed to check cerebrospinal fluid. The blood concentration of antiepileptic drugs should be detected. Intelligence development assessment is also indispensable for the diagnosis of epilepsy syndrome.

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We should know more about the examination means of children's epilepsy, there are many treatment methods, in order to get symptomatic treatment of children's epilepsy, it is necessary to make a comprehensive diagnosis, timely diagnosis is very critical, parents must understand the common sense of these epilepsy, in order to avoid delaying children's treatment.