An effective method for the treatment of epilepsy in children

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My child is more than one year old this year. After sleeping, he will have epilepsy. When he gets sick, he turns his eyes and doesn't speak. He looks terrible, but he recovers his health by taking care of himself. So many students come to consult about the effective method of treating children's epilepsy.

An effective method for the treatment of epilepsy in children

Treatment 1: advocate monotherapy: try to use a single antiepileptic drugs, most cases of monotherapy satisfaction, dosage from small to large, to achieve effective treatment dose, can reduce adverse reactions. The treatment dose of the same type of attack or the same drug varies from individual to individual. The treatment dose should be adjusted from small dose, combined with clinical effect and individualized fine adjustment. In addition, according to the effect of the drug, reasonable arrangement of medication times.

Treatment 2: pay attention to drug interaction: a considerable number of epilepsy patients have no effect on single drug treatment, in this case, it is necessary to combine two or more drugs to treat epilepsy. In combination therapy, we should pay attention to the interaction between drugs. It is very important to understand the interaction between drugs for guiding the treatment of epilepsy and adjusting the dosage of drugs.

Treatment 3: dressing change should be gradually excessive: if patients with epilepsy do not achieve the desired effect after receiving drug treatment for a period of time, they can communicate with doctors, change dressing or change a treatment method. When changing dressing, the alternation of the two drugs needs a certain transition period, and then gradually stop using the original drugs to avoid epilepsy recurrence or status epilepticus.

matters needing attention

Food therapy is the best treatment, and no side effects, epilepsy patients often lack magnesium, especially in patients who need long-term drug treatment, easy to cause osteoporosis. Therefore, in addition to giving high calcium diet, we should also pay attention to the intake of magnesium. Usually we can eat more magnesium rich food, such as celery, chicken and so on.