Patient's question:
How do epilepsy patients decide the timing to stop medication? My husband had a head injury last year and suddenly had a seizure with full-body convulsions, which scared me. I called someone to take him to the hospital for examination and treatment. The doctor said it was epilepsy, and I had little understanding of epilepsy before. What is epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Currently, there are three treatment methods for epilepsy: traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) treatment, Western medicine treatment, and surgical treatment. TCM has a slightly lower efficacy, but its mild and warm properties have no harmful side effects and can regulate the abdominal organs. Regulation is due to the body's injury caused by taking Western medicine, and treatment is personalized, making it easier for patients who fear the low safety of drugs to understand. Western medicine has a relatively higher efficacy, but its side effects can easily cause damage to the body, especially the liver and kidneys, and it can lead to drug dependence, resistance, and long-term use may also cause potential mental abnormalities.