Patient's question:
Doctor, our neighbor has a lady who knows that my mother-in-law suffers from epilepsy. Later, she told me she has a folk remedy. We were open to trying it, but she brought some silver over. So, could you please tell us if silver is effective for treating epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
There is currently no scientific evidence to prove that silver can treat epilepsy. Epilepsy is a clinical syndrome characterized by abnormal electrical discharges in brain neurons, which can lead to recurrent mental consciousness impairment or damage to other tissues and organs. Common clinical manifestations include tonic-clonic seizures, absence seizures, and minor recurrences. Symptoms may manifest as disorientation, loss of consciousness, stiffness in limbs, convulsions, foaming at the mouth, etc. The main treatment approach is symptomatic treatment, which involves using oral antiepileptic drugs to control symptoms.