Can epilepsy be cured

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One of my relatives has epilepsy since childhood. When they have seizures, they will have convulsions and foaming at the mouth. Can epilepsy be cured? This is also the concern of many friends. Let's introduce it to you.

Can epilepsy be cured

First of all, get epilepsy disease to timely treatment, most of the patients with recurrent seizures can be controlled by effective treatment, generally through three to five years of drug treatment can, almost radical.

Secondly, after treatment, 40% - 50% of the patients can be cured. Some epileptic patients with organic encephalopathy may need lifelong medication, and those older than 30 years old need to stop medication carefully, because the recurrence rate is high. For some intractable epilepsy can be treated by surgery and ketogenic diet, which can make 70-80% of the patients with drug refractory epilepsy controlled or relieved.

Finally, once the etiology of epilepsy is understood, the patients should be treated by surgery, such as brain tumor, cerebral vascular malformation, brain tissue scar, intracranial foreign body, etc. Some (such as reflex epilepsy) should try to avoid the stimulation of inducing factors to reduce the seizure.

matters needing attention

Epilepsy patients in peacetime to pay attention to the conditioning of life, diet to try to light, but also to maintain a stable mood, especially can't appear stimulating things.