Patient's question:
Doctor, a friend of mine has a child who is 8 years old. A few days ago, when I went to his house, I noticed that his child was behaving abnormally. After asking him a few questions, I learned that he suffers from intermittent epilepsy. I feel quite sympathetic towards him, so I came to ask you how to treat intermittent epilepsy in children?Doctor's answer:
The child has intermittent epilepsy, so the main approach is to treat it symptomatically based on the antiepileptic medication. It is recommended to take the child to a large hospital's neurology department for a follow-up visit. After improving relevant tests, the antiepileptic medication should be administered symptomatically. Start with a low dose and gradually increase it to the normal dose. After the symptoms are controlled, it is necessary to maintain the medication for a period of time and not stop it blindly to avoid a rebound effect.