Patient's question:
My child is 9 years old and has autism. More than two years ago, during a fever, he suddenly had a seizure. Since then, he has had recurrent episodes every six months or so, all occurring during the night while sleeping. It seems his breathing is difficult at night, especially when lying on his back, making it even more difficult to breathe. He was diagnosed with adenoid hypertrophy. Is this a factor or cause of the condition? Is this epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
According to the description of the condition, the patient has characteristics of epilepsy and autism. Currently, it is recommended to focus on the treatment of epilepsy to control its recurrence.Medical advice: The first recurrence of epilepsy is very important and has a relatively characteristic significance. The patient's epilepsy is mainly caused by a fever-induced recurrence of epilepsy. In subsequent epilepsy recurrences, there have been problems with breathing or glands, which may be due to acute tonsillitis leading to fever, and then fever causing the epilepsy recurrence.
Therefore, in daily life, attention should be paid to symptoms of upper respiratory tract infections in the child, avoiding tonsillitis, and using antipyretic drugs for timely treatment. The patient can also go to the hospital for further examinations to further clarify the cause and receive symptomatic treatment.