How to treat infantile epilepsy

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My aunt's child has epilepsy, which is related to an accidental brain injury. Because the child is young, now he can only use drugs to control it. Some methods are not suitable. Let's take a look at how to treat infantile epilepsy.

How to treat infantile epilepsy

One: surgical treatment is the shortest treatment time. Surgical treatment, patients want to cure epilepsy as soon as possible, the choice of a treatment of epilepsy. But surgical treatment also has certain risks, so we should be careful. Usually doctors do not recommend, only when the patient's epilepsy drug treatment is invalid, and the patient's epilepsy is relatively clear, can surgery be used to treat epilepsy. In addition, not all patients are suitable for surgical treatment, must meet the conditions to use this method.

Second: etiological treatment is also a very common treatment. In the treatment of epilepsy, the etiology of epilepsy should be treated first. Such as meningitis caused by epilepsy, first to carry out anti-inflammatory treatment; such as epilepsy caused by brain parasites, must first deworming treatment; and epilepsy caused by brain tumors, must first carry out surgery, tumor resection.

Third: epilepsy diet treatment mainly refers to ketogenic diet. This kind of epilepsy treatment method is to select the diet formula with high fat ratio and low protein and carbohydrate ratio to make the body produce ketone body, so as to simulate the body's response to hunger to treat epilepsy and other diseases.

matters needing attention

The whole process of antiepileptic treatment should be carried out under the guidance of doctors, and regular follow-up for physical examination and necessary experimental examination. In the course of drug use, we should return visit once a week in the first two months to have a comprehensive understanding of the treatment.