Patient's question:
My girlfriend is 23 years old this year. I really like her, but she has epilepsy and is afraid that her family won't understand if they find out. It's very frustrating. When she's not having a seizure, she's usually normal. The frequency of her seizures isn't high—just once a year. During a seizure, she loses consciousness, her limbs twitch slightly, her face turns purple, and her eyes roll back. She has been taking medication, but it hasn't been very effective. I'd like to collect the contact information of a more authoritative expert...Doctor's answer:
Most antiepileptic drugs have side effects, and they cause significant damage to the liver, kidneys, spleen, and stomach. In addition to the significant side effects, they also greatly interfere with intelligence. In fact, the most advanced approach now is to flexibly utilize minimally invasive techniques to treat epilepsy, which has a very good effect. Such techniques have already become very mature, and you can go to see the experts and professors in authoritative hospitals for comparison. I know that the epilepsy department of Huashan Hospital treats epilepsy very well across the country, and there are many effective treatment methods for epilepsy. However, because the symptoms of patients are different, the diagnostic methods used are also different. Therefore, it is recommended that patients seek diagnosis and treatment as soon as they notice symptoms.