Patient's question:
The child is now 4 and a half years old and has mild epilepsy. Is it helpful to stimulate the cerebellum?Doctor's answer:
Epilepsy's Cerebellar Electrical Stimulation Therapy Indications:1. Patients with refractory generalized epilepsy who have difficulty controlling seizures with long-term medication;
2. Patients with tonic-clonic seizures (grand mal), myoclonic seizures, and absence seizures;
3. Patients with definite electroencephalogram (EEG) abnormalities and an intelligence quotient (IQ) of 70 or higher;
4. Patients with prolonged epilepsy who have been ruled out for intracranial space-occupying lesions through various examinations.