Anti-seizure medicationEpilepsyPediatricThe mainstay of treatment of childhood epilepsy is to administer antiepileptic drugs (AEDs). This article provides an overview of the clinical approach to drug treatment of childhood epilepsy, focusing on general principles of therapy and properties of recently ...
excessive, and synchronous activity of clusters of nerve cells in the brain. Epilepsy is very prevalent and has a high incidence. Intensive efforts have been made in the treatment for epilepsy, including medical, surgical, and other treatment strategies such as...
The surgical treatment of epilepsy has advanced significantly in recent years and is directed at either removal of the cause of the epilepsy (for example a tumour or sclerotic temporal lobe) or prevention of seizure spread by tractotomy, callosotomy or sub-pial resection. Preoperatively, AED tre...
Diagnosing epilepsyYou may not have any seizure symptoms when you visit your doctor's office. For this reason, it is important to enlist the help of anyone who has witnessed your seizure. Ask that person to describe exactly what they saw: what happened at the start, what happened next. ...
Melatonin as an add-on treatment for epilepsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis ? 2024 British Epilepsy AssociationPurpose: Epilepsy, one severe prevalent brain disorder, primarily relies on drug treatment. However, approximately one-t... Z Liu,J Zhu,Z Shen,... - 《Seizure the Journal ...
we were to think in terms of one of the epilepsies.Appropriate management requires not only that doctors differentiate between epilepsy and other similar attacks but also that they identify correctly patients' seizure types and, in some cases, the syndrome (for example, juvenile myoclonic epilepsy)...
Seizure vs. Epilepsy You can have two types of seizures. Provoked seizure:This type is triggered by something that irritates your brain. For instance, an infection, high or low blood sugar, a reaction to a drug,alcohol withdrawal, not getting enough sleep, and bright flashing lights can cause...
Intelligent System for the Diagnosis of Epilepsy Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder that is characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy ... A Shukla,R Tiwari,P Kaur - Wri World Congress on Computer Science & Information Engineering ...
Eligible patients (aged 1-65 years) were those with a clinical diagnosis of TSC and medication-resistant epilepsy who had had at least 8 TSC-associated seizures during the 4-week baseline period, with at least 1 seizure occurring in at least 3 of the 4 weeks, and were currently taking at...
Nearly one third of patients with epilepsy become medically intractable, and the likelihood of achieving seizure freedom decreases with each additional medication trial. For appropriately chosen pati...