Diet of children with epilepsy

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What kind of food is good for children with epilepsy? There are many dangers of epilepsy, but the harm of epilepsy is not from the disease itself, but from the unexpected situation that may be brought about by the disease attack. In life, patients with epilepsy must pay attention to nursing and diet, nursing and diet also has a very important role, so the following is a detailed introduction.

Diet of children with epilepsy

It is not suitable for epileptic patients to eat more food with high zinc content: the blood zinc concentration of epileptic patients was determined, and it was found that the average blood zinc content of almost all epileptic patients was significantly higher than that of normal people. After long-term antiepileptic drug treatment, the blood zinc concentration of the patients was significantly lower than that before treatment, and some patients even had some symptoms of zinc deficiency. This indicates that the occurrence of epilepsy is closely related to the increase of zinc content in the body, especially in the brain. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to drug treatment, epilepsy patients should try to eat less or no zinc rich food in their daily life.

2 epileptic patients should increase the intake of magnesium: epileptic patients often lack magnesium, especially those who need long-term drug treatment, such as long-term use of sodium phenytoin, easy to cause osteoporosis, in addition to giving high calcium diet, should also pay attention to the intake of magnesium. The adult body contains 20-25 grams of magnesium, about half of which is concentrated in the middle skeleton. The magnesium in the skeleton cannot be used by the body cells. If the lack of magnesium, in addition to affecting bone formation, it can also lead to muscle tremor, mental tension.

3 limit the intake of potassium: epilepsy patients caused by brain trauma and patients taking sedative drugs for a long time are prone to dehydration, anemia, leucopenia, malnutrition, etc. serious patients may have electrolyte metabolism disorder. When the diet contains too much potassium, it will increase the patient's blood potassium content, so the intake of potassium in patients with epilepsy should not exceed 3 grams per day.

matters needing attention

Appropriate restrictions on carbohydrate intake: epilepsy patients need the same energy and protein as normal people, and carbohydrates do not need too much, to no more than 300 grams per day is appropriate; appropriate increase in the supply of fat, should account for about 60% of the total calories; limit water, no more than 1000 ml per day; salt, no more than 3 grams per day; adequate supply of vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C It is iron, calcium and other elements; it is forbidden to eat food with more sugar and stimulating food.