Patient's question:
My child is now two months old. They were born at 38 weeks because they were premature and were diagnosed with congenital epilepsy. If early treatment is given, can it be cured? What age is best for treatment?Doctor's answer:
Hello, the treatment of congenital epilepsy is very difficult. The available methods currently include: Approximately 70% of epilepsy patients can have their seizures controlled through standardized antiepileptic drug treatment. Among them, 50% to 60% of patients can be cured after 2 to 5 years of treatment, allowing them to work and live like normal people. Surgical treatment and neuromodulation therapy can control or cure seizures in some drug-resistant epilepsy patients, to some extent improving the prognosis of refractory epilepsy.