Patient's question:
Can epilepsy be completely cured? I saw my neighbor's aunt have her first seizure yesterday, spitting white foam and twitching all over. She used to love playing with everyone but now rarely comes out. What kind of harm does a seizure cause to patients?Doctor's answer:
The severity of epilepsy is related to the severity of the disease, including factors such as recurrence frequency, duration of attacks, length of medical history, clinical manifestations, and psychological condition. Generally, the higher the recurrence frequency, the longer the duration of attacks, the longer the medical history, the more complex the clinical manifestations, and the poorer the psychological condition, the greater the harm and more significant the consequences. Epileptic seizures can damage normal nerve cells, cause glial cell hyperplasia, and alter the homeostatic environment of other organs in the body. The main disruptions include the following aspects. Epileptic seizures can pose risks to the brain, leading to memory impairment, intellectual decline, personality changes, and may also force the number of recurrences to increase continuously. Interference with motor function.