Treatment of epilepsy

Epilepsy is the most ancient disease known to man since time immemorial.

The prevalence of the disease among the entire human population is approximately one half of a percent.

Treatment of epilepsy

Complex treatment of epilepsy is carried out in a specialized clinic.

A specialist doctor prescribes a treatment course that reduces the frequency of epileptic seizures.

An integrated approach to treatment allows you to virtually permanently get rid of a dangerous disease.

When selecting drugs,

• concomitant diseases are considered;
• possibility of occurrence of by-effects in view of individual features of the patient;
• type of seizure and more.

As you know, any treatment begins with the installation of a correct diagnosis.

For further treatment, the form of epilepsy is established.

Traditional treatments are based on anticonvulsant therapy, or the use of known anticonvulsants:

• phenobarbital;
• salt of valproic acid;
• carbamazepine;
• primidon;
• phenytoin;
• is ethosuximide.

The constant movement of scientific thought allows us to discover new, effective drugs that allow us to get rid of convulsive manifestations:

• vigabatrin;
• lamotrigine;
• oxcaramazepine;
• zonisamide;
• toniramate;
• felbamate;
• gabapentin;
• tiagabine.

The specialist doctor selects the necessary anticonvulsants, and then assigns an individual dose for each individual patient.

The patient is obliged to adhere to the prescriptions of his attending physician, because violations of the curative regime or an arbitrary change in the dose of the drug can trigger an acute attack of the disease.

In order to get rid of epileptic seizures, a long, systematic treatment with medicinal products is carried out.

In the course of treatment, all sorts of adverse reactions to the administration of a given drug may occur.

In this case, the patient should immediately contact his attending physician to change the dose or medication.

The action of therapeutic anticonvulsants can be fixed using phytotherapy methods.

The patient receives, as a treatment, all kinds of broths and infusions of herbs that prevent the onset of convulsive seizures.

Depending on the type of epilepsy, each patient is given individual doses and methods of taking medicinal substances.

Medicinal herbs that reduce the number and severity of seizures:

• yarrow;
• plantain large;
• peppermint;
• air;
• elecampane;
• lemon balm;
• St. John's wort;Viburnum
• .

Sometimes, doctors use other medical methods, for example, surgical.

Highly sensitive modern equipment allows you to find damaged areas of the cerebral cortex, triggering the occurrence of convulsive seizures.

After the exact location of such areas in the cerebral cortex, a procedure for their destruction is carried out.

You can say that the centers of occurrence of seizures are being destroyed.

As a result, cramps do not develop and disappear.

After the end of complex treatment, almost 60% of patients convulsive seizures no longer appear.

In the arsenal of methods of traditional medicine, contains several anticonvulsant prescriptions.

One of the most common methods:

• , eat, if possible, a large amount of raw onions;
• drink a large amount of fresh onion juice.

Onions soften epileptic seizures, making them as soft and less often as possible.

The cost of treating epilepsy consists of a variety of factors:

• type and severity of the disease;
• individual characteristics of the organism;
• specialist advice;
• methods of treatment.

The average cost of treatment for epilepsy in Moscow is about 29,000 rubles.

Take care of yourself.

Stay healthy!

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