Patient's question:
Colleague Akang's child had white patches on their face from birth, with a white membrane-like layer on the surface of their eyes, and multiple small white nodules were found in the brain via a CT scan. There were also faint red, needle-sized waxy rashes in the oral-nasal triangle. The child often had high fever and severe infantile pain. The doctor diagnosed it as tuberous sclerosis.Hello, what should be done if a child with tuberous sclerosis does not take medication?
Doctor's answer:
Neurofibromatosis. It is an autosomal dominant familial genetic disease. Neurological manifestations include epilepsy, with 70-90% of patients experiencing recurrent seizures, which may begin as infantile spasms. Currently, there is no specific treatment for this condition. Symptomatic treatment includes controlling epilepsy, using ACTH for severe infantile pain, employing diuretics to reduce intracranial pressure, and surgical intervention if cerebrospinal fluid circulation is obstructed. Facial sebaceous adenomas can be treated with cosmetic surgery.