Patient's question:
In our village, there is a girl who is already 18 years old this year. It is said that she has suffered from epilepsy since she was a child. Sometimes she is fine and looks like a normal person, but at other times, when she has a seizure, it becomes serious. She cannot be left alone. How should epilepsy be treated well?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy is the most common disease in neurology. The pathogenesis involves abnormal excitation of nerve cells in the brain, where repeated pathological responses to pulse stimulation of intracranial nerve cells cause patients to exhibit sudden loud screaming, loss of consciousness, generalized muscle spasms, stiffness, foaming at the mouth, and a state of unconsciousness that lasts for several minutes before natural recovery. Current treatment plans primarily rely on long-term oral antiepileptic drugs, and during acute recurrences, diazepam can be administered intravenously.