Patient's question:
A colleague's child has epilepsy. Over the years, they have visited many hospitals for treatment, but it hasn't been cured yet. The child has suffered a lot, and the adults have also aged prematurely. It's truly heart-wrenching to see. Is there a way to cure this disease? How can epilepsy be treated completely?Doctor's answer:
First, epilepsy is a relatively difficult-to-cure disease. Its cause is due to abnormal pulses of brain neurons, which lead to recurrence of symptoms such as loss of consciousness, foaming at the mouth, jaw clenching, incontinence of urine and feces, and convulsions of the limbs. Therefore, it is recommended that patients take long-term oral antiepileptic drugs, such as phenytoin or sodium valproate, carbamazepine, etc., to actively control the frequency of epilepsy seizures.