Treatments
- There isn’t a cure or treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia disease or the Zellweger syndrome. But there are things that can help Epilepsy.
- These treatments reduce or prevent seizures and allow many patients to remain free of seizures for the rest of their lives.
- Uncontrolled seizures can have a big impact on lifestyle, restricting the individual from driving and limiting their work and leisure time activities. Even though seizures themselves aren’t harmful to people with epilepsy, they carry a risk of injury and death.Unexpected seizures can cause falls, drowning or accidents,and a lengthy seizure condition can lead to coma or death.
Medication-This is the first and most common approach to treating Epilepsy. Antiepileptic medications do not cure Epilepsy, but they help prevent seizures in well over half of the people who take them.
Brain surgery-Some patients with partial epilepsy do not respond to medication, but have great success with surgery. Surgery is highly effective in treating many pediatric epilepsies that have not responded to other medical therapies.
Nagus nerve stimulator-This device is used with medication or surgery to reduce seizures.
Ketogenic diet-A high-fat diet has been used with some success to treat people (especially children) who have severe, uncontrolled seizures.However, some doctors may not support its use.