Patient's question:
My baby was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 2. Since then, it has had multiple episodes of epilepsy every year without interruption. Now, we haven't dared to send our child to school due to this condition. As the child grows older, epilepsy has brought more distress. For this reason, we want to seek treatment for our child, but the county hospital here refuses to treat him. For this reason, I would like to ask why they do not accept children with epilepsy for treatment?Doctor's answer:
It may be due to the reason that your child is too young, as the treatment for epilepsy in China currently relies on medication for control and treatment. Since your child is very young, oral medication may lead to various different sequelae, such as impacts on intelligence, worldview function, memory, attention, and other functions, which can produce side effects. Treating epilepsy patients requires the long-term use of medication, and medication cannot be stopped midway.