Patient's question:
What are the specific dangers of epilepsy? My younger brother has had epilepsy since he was a child. When he doesn't have a seizure, his intelligence and development are normal, but during a seizure, he is unable to suppress it, and it can suddenly recur.Doctor's answer:
Epileptic seizures cause harm to the brain, leading to memory impairment, intellectual decline, personality changes, and can also force the frequency of recurrence to increase. Some believe that small seizures, psychomotor seizures, and focal seizures are not harmful to the body, but this is a misconception. Although there are outstanding and exceptional individuals among epilepsy patients, as a whole, the intellectual level of epilepsy patients is still lower than that of the general population. Many symptomatic epilepsy often accompanies intellectual disability, and even includes individuals with intellectual impairments. Epilepsy patients can understand standard treatment while using folk remedies as supplementary treatment in daily life. They should also maintain a proper diet in their daily eating habits and avoid stimulating foods.