Treatment for epilepsy

How to determine epilepsy

This disease is characterized by abnormal brain function, symptoms include processes that should be coordinated by them, but this does not happen. The classic set of signs that help to identify epilepsy in children and adults include.

• Temporary confusion.
• Extremities that a person cannot control.
• Loss of understanding of the surrounding reality.
• Loss of consciousness.
• Uncaused fear or deja vu.

Each patient has its own set of characteristic symptoms, and the pattern of attacks is periodically repeated. Another common type of disease is Jacksonian epilepsy, the symptoms of which are somewhat different.

• The patient is conscious.
• During an attack, the spread of seizures goes throughout the body.
• The attack often begins with the fingers of one hand.
• The convulsions undulate on the hands, shoulders, face and legs.
• The end of the attack is in reverse order.

How the treatment works

After contacting the profile doctor and conducting a diagnosis, an appropriate course is prescribed. The examination includes examination, tests, EEG of the brain, which allows to identify foci of painful arousal. For example, the treatment of partial epilepsy (when only one specific area of the brain is affected) for simple (uncomplicated) seizures is based on the following systemic approach.

• Prescribing anticonvulsant therapy.
• Methods of electrical stimulation of areas of the brain with abnormal reactions.
• Prescribing a special diet.
• Formation of correct behavior, including control of the emotional sphere.
• Give up bad habits.

In identifying more complex forms of the disease, other methods and technologies must be used. Treatment of pharmacoresistant epilepsy (when conventional antiepileptic drugs are ineffective) requires a special approach to finding the right combinations of drugs, since standard regimens do not work here. In some cases, surgery is even required to remove cells with pathological activity.

It is important to understand that the disease will not recede itself and it may take several years and specialized courses to combat it, each of which is selected individually depending on the characteristics of the body and the patient's condition. This requires a qualified specialist who monitors the rehabilitation process and makes timely adjustments to it.

Results

The effectiveness largely depends on the condition of the patient and the type of disease, the main task–Stop an epilepsy attack. At the same time, therapy should not give any side effects, and the patient should be able to adapt to society.

It is important to consult a doctor in time, since in most patients, if you exclude traumatic causes, problems appear at an early age. At the same time, it is much easier to reduce the number of epileptic seizures in children or completely remove them than at a later age.

In most cases, our clinic gives a positive prognosis with long-term remission. This also applies to cases when surgical treatment of children and adults is prescribed using modern methods of neurosurgery, which allow surgical intervention at the cellular level.

No matter how disappointing the diagnosis may sound, Neuro-clinic specialists will help get rid of seizures and other symptoms of this serious disease. Childhood epilepsy is our profile, but we successfully work with patients of all ages, getting excellent results, returning a person to a comfortable full life. Professionalism of staff and affordable cost of services allows you to get qualified assistance to all who need it with an exceptionally favorable prognosis.