Patient's question:
The child is over 5 years old. Before turning a year old, they had epilepsy symptoms. In 2008, they were examined at the provincial children's hospital and diagnosed with epilepsy.Doctor's answer:
Hello, epilepsy is a clinical syndrome characterized by recurrent abnormal discharges of brain neurons, leading to temporary dysfunction of brain function. Clinically, it manifests as varying degrees of functional impairment in motor, sensory, conscious, autonomic nervous, and mental aspects, or a combination thereof. Medications commonly used to treat epilepsy include phenytoin, carbamazepine, phenobarbital, ethosuximide, and clonazepam.