Patient's question:
Big brother's child suffers from epilepsy and often has seizures. The family has never dared to send him to school but has been treating him with medication at home. I heard that the side effects of this treatment medication are very large, so how can we pay attention to some aspects in medication?What kind of help is desired: What are the side effects of these drugs used for infantile epilepsy?
Doctor's answer:
We need to speculate whether the side effects of the drug cause greater harm to the child or whether the child's epilepsy seizures cause greater harm. Since the drug has side effects, I won't take it and let him have seizures. However, there is a very bad consequence of frequent seizures: each seizure recurrence leads to the death of many brain cells. The more frequent the seizures and the longer they last, the more brain cells die, ultimately causing significant interference with the child's intelligence and worldview. Therefore, we must weigh the pros and cons and decide which option causes the least interference to the child. The above is my suggestion for the question "What are the side effects of these drugs for infantile epilepsy?" I hope it helps you. Wishing you good health!