Many parents worry about children with epilepsy will undermine the intelligence of the child, this fear is not unreasonable. At home and abroad in recent years a large number of studies indicate that about one-third problems exist different degrees of mental retardation in children with epilepsy.
Medical experts pointed out that the seizures are losses and intelligence, not only with the number of attacks-related, and also type, age of onset of epilepsy and antiepileptic drug-related. On the type, to intellectual impairment in children with systemic onset is most prominent, followed by movement and absence Petit MAL; age, when the disease in younger, higher incidence of mental retardation; drugs, phenytoin sodium the neural toxicity and side effects of long-term application may have a certain negative impact on children\'s intelligence. Of course, the above factors, seizures times played a decisive role, especially frequent body attack.
Once diagnosed as epileptic diseases, should pay special attention to controlling and reducing the number of seizures. Although some antiepileptic drugs may also affect of intelligence, but cons, if its effect is significantly greater than their side effects, do not worry too much and give up the drugs, should be determined using the drugs control seizures, such as phenytoin sodium. Medical research shows that effective control of early seizures, reducing the number of seizures, can make the most of the intelligence does not significantly affect children with, and similar to the normal level of intelligence. In short, early detection and early treatment, and control is the key to avoiding of intellectual impairment in children with early, parents of children with the attached great importance to working closely with doctors to maintain higher intelligence levels of children with, as a good basis for future work, study.
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