Patient's question:
Does a child experiencing 5-6 twitches a day, each lasting 4-18 seconds, have epilepsy? What should be done? Medical history: 2 months. Previous diagnosis and treatment history and effectiveness: The diagnosis was epilepsy. Treatment was administered for one month. The first ten days, the child took magnesium valproate, and now they have been taking it for 20 days without any improvement.Doctor's answer:
Was it diagnosed in the Neurology Department of the Children's Hospital? To determine if this child has epilepsy. The main thing is relying on the results of the electroencephalogram. The twitching you mentioned is not clear what it looks like. I don't know if the epilepsy diagnosis you mentioned can be confirmed. If it is indeed epilepsy, then without proper control, hospitalization treatment is required. After stabilization, effective oral medication can be chosen. If it is epilepsy, oral antiepileptic drugs are needed for treatment.