Patient's question:
At home, we have a child with epilepsy. In recent times, the epilepsy has been recurring quite severely. Usually, he just nods his head in a daze, but recently, he has sometimes experienced convulsions in his hands and feet while walking. I want to understand what symptoms might reappear before a child's epilepsy recurrence? The help I need: What symptoms might reappear before a child's epilepsy recurrence?Doctor's answer:
Now it has already been a seizure. Some seizures occur suddenly again without any obvious signs beforehand. The most urgent thing now is to go to the hospital for an electroencephalogram (EEG) and additional imaging tests, as well as laboratory tests. Then, oral medication should be taken. Do not randomly adjust the dosage or stop the medication midway. Monitor blood drug levels to suppress the epilepsy as early as possible. This will be beneficial for the child's future intelligence and mental state. Otherwise, the seizures will become more frequent and increasingly complex and difficult to treat. That will have a significant impact on the future.