Patient's question:
My nephew is 12 years old and has suffered from epilepsy since he was a child. His family has taken him to many hospitals, but they have all been treated with medication, and his condition has not improved. When he was young, he was very smart and lovely, but now his temperament has become very irritable, and he is also struggling with his studies. Please ask the relevant experts, does epilepsy affect the intellectual development of children?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy is progressive, and each seizure leads to the death of a large number of brain cells. Long-term epilepsy can easily cause brain cell hypoxia, edema, memory decline, personality changes, and slow reaction times, and may also lead to intellectual decline. Epilepsy is a clinical syndrome characterized by recurrent abnormal discharges of brain neurons, resulting in dysfunction of brain function and leading to seizures. To completely eliminate epilepsy, it is necessary to repair damaged brain neurons and balance abnormal discharges. If the condition is suitable, targeted repair therapy can be considered to repair damaged neurons, restore the function of brain neurons, balance abnormal discharges, and completely eliminate epilepsy.