How to treat cryptogenic epilepsy

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My friend's son is now a teenager. A few days ago, he suddenly fell to the ground. He was not in a state of unconsciousness, foaming at the mouth, and his whole body was convulsed. He looked like an attack of Capricorn fever. After he was sent to the hospital for examination, it turned out to be Capricorn fever, but it was cryptogenic. Now let's take a look at how to treat cryptogenic epilepsy.

How to treat cryptogenic epilepsy

First: cryptogenic epilepsy occurs in childhood, will be in a specific age onset, has different clinical symptoms and EEG characteristics, in clinical mainly have the following cryptogenic epilepsy. First of all, the most common is infantile spasm: the onset age is 4-7 months, usually in the early years of 1 year old, boys are more common, the prognosis group is poor, no clear cause, oral steroid treatment, poor prognosis.

Second: followed by the presence of myoclonus and can not stand up seizures of epilepsy: the disease began 6 months. Except for the patients under one year old, boys were twice as many as girls. There are often genetic components and developmental population deformities. In addition to 4-7hz rhythm, EEG is often abnormal in the early stage, and there may be irregular fast spike and slow wave in the future. The course of disease and prognosis are uncertain. There is also Lennox Gastaut syndrome: more common in children aged 1 to 8 years, less common in preschool children. The most common types of seizures are axial tonic, atonic and absence seizures, but there are also myoclonic seizures, generalized tonic clonic seizures or all kinds of seizures.

Third: drug therapy: the cost of this treatment is small. When patients use drugs, they should start from a small dose, slowly add the amount to themselves until they can control their condition effectively, and the patients have no adverse reactions. This treatment method is suitable for patients with mild condition. But patients in the process of treatment, we must avoid the inducing factors of epilepsy, do not give themselves too much psychological pressure, had better not drink and smoke.

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Cryptogenic Capricorn generally falls ill in childhood, and the time of onset is uncertain. Now, there are two ways to treat epilepsy. The commonly used method is to use drugs to control the disease. This method is suitable for patients with mild disease, while patients with severe disease can be treated by operation.