Treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

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I suddenly lost consciousness one day in the company. I heard from my colleagues that I kept twitching, rolled my eyes and vomited. My appearance was terrible. The result of the hospital examination was that I suffered from epilepsy. After seeing the doctor, the situation seemed better. Do you know about the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy? Let's talk about the treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy.

Treatment of temporal lobe epilepsy

Treatment 1: medication according to seizure type: antiepileptic drugs have the best effect on one type of seizure, but have poor or ineffective effect on other types of seizures, or even have the opposite effect. For example, Ethylsuccinate has the best effect on absence attack, but has no effect on other types of attack. Phenytoin (phenytoin sodium) is effective for tonic clonic seizures. It has been reported that phenytoin sodium can induce absence seizures. Clinically, antiepileptic drugs can be selected according to the types of epileptic seizures.

Treatment 2: the choice of medication time: clear diagnosis of epilepsy is the premise of medication. If there are two or more seizures within one year, medication should be given. The recurrence rate of the above mentioned symptoms was found in 27% to 82% of the patients with or without the first episode of PSG It can be delayed for clinical observation. If the patients have definite predisposing factors, such as drug and alcohol, fatigue, tension and photosensitivity, these factors should be removed first. After observation, medication should be given according to the situation.

Treatment 3: long term drug use: once the drug and dose that can completely control the attack are found, it should be used continuously. Generally, if there is no adverse reaction after the attack is completely controlled, it can be considered to stop taking the drug for 3-5 years. Different treatments should be made according to the etiology, attack type and attack frequency. If there is a history of encephalitis, birth injury history of symptomatic epilepsy medication time should be long, complex partial seizure withdrawal should be careful. Patients with frequent seizures and abnormal EEG should also take long-term medication. The dosage should be reduced gradually when the drug is stopped, and it should not be less than half a year from the beginning to the end.

matters needing attention

In order to prevent the loss of consciousness of patients with asphyxia, the collar and trouser belt should be loosened, and the patient's head should be lowered to one side, so that saliva and secretion can flow out from the corner of the mouth. If necessary, use a suction device to lift the jaw and pull out the tongue with tongue forceps to prevent the tongue from falling back and blocking the respiratory tract; do not force water or medicine to avoid aspiration of respiratory tract, causing asphyxia or aspiration pneumonia. At the same time, they were sent to the hospital for treatment. In order to reduce the harm of epilepsy to patients.