Archive for the Epilepsy Category

07.6.2011

EPILEPSY AS A PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISEASE: ATTITUDES OF FRIENDS

It is up to you and your child to tell friends about the epilepsy. The information conveyed, and the persons to whom it is conveyed, should depend on the type and frequency of the seizures. For the child with absence or partial complex seizures that occur with some frequency, it is far better for the [...]

05.3.2011

CONTROLLED EPILEPSY OF CHILDHOOD: COMING TO TERMS WITH EPILEPSY

Even if your child has a number of seizures, and even if it is difficult to find the best medicine to control them, there is still a substantial chance that they will be controlled. There is also a very good chance that after they are controlled for two years, medicine can be discontinued. Your child [...]