Patient's question:
Symptom Description: Seizures occur while sleeping after falling asleep, accompanied by bruxism symptoms! They disappear once awake. Past Treatment and Effect: It was once cured, and there were no symptoms afterward! Currently 4 years old, what kind of help is desired: I would like to ask if it could be epilepsy or roundworm disease! Thank you!Doctor's answer:
Hello, based on your description, in cases like this, it is not ruled out that there may be a possibility of epilepsy. It is recommended that this situation should be considered for further neurological examination, including a brain MRI, and it is also necessary to consider an electroencephalogram to determine whether there is a specific possibility of epilepsy. Generally speaking, tapeworm conditions may lead to bruxism, so it is also necessary to consider using some deworming drugs for treatment.Blood zinc concentration measurements in children with epilepsy have found that almost all children with epilepsy have significantly higher average blood zinc levels than normal people. After long-term antiepileptic drug treatment, the blood zinc concentration of patients has significantly decreased compared to before treatment, with some even showing certain zinc deficiency symptoms. This indicates that the occurrence of epilepsy is closely related to the increased zinc content in the body, especially in the brain.
Experts believe that antiepileptic drugs or other metabolic products can effectively combine with zinc ions to form complexes, reducing the blood zinc concentration of children with epilepsy and thereby controlling epilepsy attacks. Therefore, in addition to focusing on drug treatment, children with epilepsy should try to eat less or avoid foods rich in zinc in their daily lives.