Treatment of primary epilepsy

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My sister is 20 years old this year. She suddenly got epilepsy a year ago. At that time, she fell on the ground and twitched while eating. After that, every time she was excited, she would have seizures. The doctor gave her treatment, symptoms have been alleviated, for the treatment of primary epilepsy this problem? Let's talk about the treatment of primary epilepsy.

Treatment of primary epilepsy

Drug 1: newly diagnosed epilepsy patients can be relieved by one or two antiepileptic drugs, and the effective rate of single drug treatment is 59. Although some people may respond well to a certain antiepileptic drug, no study has shown that any special antiepileptic drug can significantly improve the prognosis.

Drug 2: when the first antiepileptic drug fails, the prognosis of the second drug alone or in combination is not very clear. However, the effective rate of the second drug will decrease significantly, while the effective rate of the third drug or combination therapy is lower. Therefore, the failure of the first antiepileptic treatment may lead to poor response to the later treatment.

Drug 3: 50% of epilepsy patients, after drug treatment, seizure can be controlled, generally, seizure complete remission (no seizure) 2-4 years later, drug withdrawal can be considered, after drug withdrawal, most patients can get lifelong remission, but some patients may relapse. Therefore, the recurrence after drug withdrawal has been the general concern of clinicians. Most of the relapses occurred within one year after drug withdrawal, and the relapse rate was high in the early stage of drug withdrawal, especially in 3-6 months. The recurrence rate of epilepsy in children is lower than that in adults.

matters needing attention

In case of aura, first of all, protect the tongue. Before the attack, place the pressure plate wrapped with gauze between the upper and lower molars of the patient to avoid biting the tongue. If it is not put in before the attack, open the mouth of the patient during the ankylosis period and then put it in again. Do not force it in the clonic period to avoid hurting the patient. During the attack period, the patient should lie on his back, loosen his collar and turn his head to one side, so as to facilitate the discharge of respiratory secretions and vomit and prevent choking and suffocation caused by flowing into the trachea. When the outbreak of respiratory secretions more, easy to cause respiratory obstruction or aspiration pneumonia, convulsions when the mouth is not anything, do not fill medicine, to prevent suffocation.