Fortune-telling for epileptic children

What effect does frequent epilepsy have on children?

Mental retardation in children with epilepsy mainly depends on the degree of brain injury, and primary disease is an important reason for mental retardation in children with epilepsy. Cognitive impairment of children with epilepsy is also related to epilepsy type, seizure frequency and course, EEG and antiepileptic drugs. The types of epilepsy and the factors affecting children's intelligence are as follows: secondary epilepsy, such as encephalitis, birth injury, or congenital genetic diseases, can almost all lead to mental retardation; In primary epilepsy, about 1/3 may have mental retardation. According to the literature, the cognitive impairment of children with epilepsy is also related to the types of epilepsy, among which the percentage of mild motor seizures with mental retardation is the highest, reaching 59.3%; Absence with mild motor attack was the lowest, accounting for 10%. A survey shows that most of the severe cognitive impairment of epileptic children is caused by a variety of drugs. Therefore, in the treatment of epilepsy, we should weigh the advantages and disadvantages of choosing drug varieties, not only to achieve better therapeutic effect, but also to minimize the influence of drugs on children's intelligence and advocate single drug treatment. By controlling related damage factors, such as genetic counseling, prenatal and postnatal care, the occurrence of mental retardation and congenital genetic diseases can be reduced as much as possible. For children with epilepsy who have been diagnosed, reasonable and regular treatment should be carried out as soon as possible, so as to control the seizure in a short time, thus greatly reducing the possibility of mental retardation. If the attack itself is very short, effective control with drugs will not affect the child's intelligence. However, once epilepsy recurs, especially in the status quo, the brain continues to suffer from hypoxia and the destruction of neurons increases, which may affect intelligence. Some children become stupid not because of medication, but because of status epilepticus. Therefore, parents of children with epilepsy should understand some factors that can affect their intellectual development, and try to avoid irregular medication and other factors while treating epilepsy, so as to avoid external factors affecting their intelligence.