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Which Specialist Should One Consult For Schizencephaly In Children?
Hey, My son is 23 and was born with schizencephaly, his left frontal lobe did not grow. He have seizures, headaches, memory lost sometimes, adhd, poor muscle weakness and intellectual disability. I am finding it hard to find a doctor that understands his disease and know how to treat him. We was doing fine at the children s hospital but, we had to leave to go to adult hospital. I am taking to understand will my son be able to work a full time job and what is life exceptive for him?
Sat, 30 Jun 2018
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Child born with the birth defect (Schizencephaly) does not have any cure but rehabilitation is the only option, else no medicine is there for cure, symptoms of the disease only needs to be controlled with symptomatic medicines rehabilitation program will help him a lot.
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Welcome to Ask a Doctor service
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice
Child born with the birth defect (Schizencephaly) does not have any cure but rehabilitation is the only option, else no medicine is there for cure, symptoms of the disease only needs to be controlled with symptomatic medicines rehabilitation program will help him a lot.
Hope I have answered your query, let me know if I can assist you further.
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