Pediatric epilepsy with sudden seizures, how to deal with it?
Nov 15, 2025
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Epilepsy is a condition in which seizures occur repeatedly due to abnormal electrical signals from cranial nerve cells. Epilepsy can occur in children with cerebral palsy or brain lesion disorders caused by brain damage, as well as in children with normal cognitive development.
The main symptom of childhood epilepsy is seizures. In infancy, they experience seizures in the form of soft axes that repeatedly bend the torso and limbs, and in childhood and adolescence, they also experience symptoms of dazed seizures in addition to large seizures.
Choi Sun-ah, a professor of pediatrics at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, said "If a child shows signs of seizure, it is important to first find the cause and treat the seizure so that it does not occur repeatedly.'
Although the symptoms of epilepsy patients vary from individual to individual, about 70% can control seizure symptoms with anticonvulsant drugs. If you have symptoms suspected of side effects such as dizziness, drowsiness, headache, or lethargy when taking drugs, it is safe to change or reduce the drug in consultation with your doctor.
Professor Choi said, `Sometimes pediatric epilepsy patients accidentally miss their medication, and taking it every day without missing it is the top priority in treating epilepsy.' `Recently, anticonvulsant drugs of various mechanisms used to treat epilepsy have been developed, and drugs with no side effects can be prescribed along with seizure control effects.'
Professor Choi then said "Just because a child has epilepsy, it is not necessary to limit exercise or group life. However, it is necessary to inform school teachers and people around them about the child's disease in advance and to prepare countermeasures so that the child can receive appropriate treatment in case of seizures" he advised.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
