Patient's question:
My son, at such a young age, was diagnosed with epilepsy. At first, he showed no special abnormalities compared to other children of the same age. Last year, during a medical check-up at the hospital, the doctor said that my son had epilepsy, but it wasn't particularly severe. Recently, he started having seizures intermittently. What should I do?Doctor's answer:
The treatment of epilepsy should include controlling seizures, treating the cause, surgical treatment, and prevention. The most important aspect is controlling seizures. Currently, drug therapy is the primary method. Epilepsy is a chronic disease that can last for years or even decades. Do not stop medication arbitrarily; follow the doctor's instructions. Epilepsy is a chronic, recurrent, brief brain dysfunction syndrome. It has a genetic predisposition and no other obvious causes; most children or adolescents first develop it. Currently, drug therapy remains the main treatment for epilepsy.