How to Handle a 3-Year-Old Child with Epilepsy?

Question

My child is three years old, and recently, they have started having frequent seizures. Initially, we thought it was due to a fright, but now the situation seems to be getting severe. What should I do?

Answer

For children aged 3 to 10 with epilepsy, the ketogenic diet therapy is typically the first-line treatment. The ketogenic diet used by Beijing Huahe Epilepsy Hospital is a natural therapy that involves patients consuming high-fat foods to achieve a certain ratio of fat to protein and carbohydrates. This causes the brain to switch to using ketone bodies as the primary energy source, thereby exerting a calming effect of ketone bodies and achieving the effect of controlling seizures. Studies have shown that the ketogenic diet therapy has an efficacy rate of 50% for children with refractory epilepsy, with 30% of children able to reduce the frequency of seizures by 90%. Its efficacy is superior to any new anti-epileptic drug currently available.