Question
The child’s head was crooked from the 100-day photo. We went to the children’s hospital in Wuxi, and they said there was nothing serious and it would get better on its own. In 2010, we also visited the affiliated Xinhua Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Medical School, as well as the affiliated ear, nose, and throat hospital of Fudan University and the affiliated Shanghai Children’s Medical Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University Hospital.
Answer
Medication treatment mainly focuses on controlling the attacks. Commonly used drugs include phenytoin sodium, carbamazepine, oxcarbazepine, lamotrigine, sodium valproate, and levetiracetam, which should be selected rationally based on clinical symptoms. For simple absence seizures that last a short time and occur suddenly, they can resolve on their own without medication. For occasional attacks, continued observation can be maintained. For frequent and complex absence seizures, appropriate antiepileptic drugs or traditional Chinese medicine treatment should be chosen.