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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsia In A Child

hello, i have a niece who recently fainted. this is the third time (she is 5). her mother took her to the neurologist and an MRI was ordered. it was done. she was diagnosed with epilepcia. what can be done to minimize epileptic attacks, fainting, seizures on a child
Fri, 26 Dec 2014
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epilepsy in a child can be due to many causes. MRI brain is a good modality to find out its cause. The child should be started on an Antiepileptic drug like tablet phenytoin(@5 mg/kg/day) or tab carbamazepine(@15mg/kg/day) if the seizure is one sided. The drug has to be continued daily for atleast 6 months seizure free. Then the drug is slowly tapered to completely stop it. Keep the child under surveillance for sometime after starting the drug. Dont leave her alone, dont send her to risky places, close to fire or water.
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Suggest Treatment For Epilepsia In A Child

epilepsy in a child can be due to many causes. MRI brain is a good modality to find out its cause. The child should be started on an Antiepileptic drug like tablet phenytoin(@5 mg/kg/day) or tab carbamazepine(@15mg/kg/day) if the seizure is one sided. The drug has to be continued daily for atleast 6 months seizure free. Then the drug is slowly tapered to completely stop it. Keep the child under surveillance for sometime after starting the drug. Dont leave her alone, dont send her to risky places, close to fire or water.