Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of epilepsy

summary

There was a cousin who had epilepsy since he was a child. At first, he thought it was small, but it was bigger. It was more and more serious. He took him to a big hospital. Now the situation is quite stable. What's the significance of treating epilepsy with traditional Chinese medicine? Do you know anything about this? So let's talk about the advantages of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of epilepsy.

Traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of 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

Epilepsy patients due to long-term use of antiepileptic drugs, such as phenytoin sodium easily cause osteoporosis, should be given high calcium diet, such as shrimp, dairy products, cabbage, etc.; in addition, should also pay attention to the intake of magnesium, epilepsy patients often lack of magnesium, to provide magnesium rich food, such as corn, millet, green vegetables, celery, etc. When eating, patients should pay attention to observe whether there is any abnormality, if there is, they should stop eating immediately, let patients lie flat, and pay attention not to residual food in the mouth to prevent airway obstruction.