When a Child Has an Episode, White Eyes, Tight Lips, and a Forceful Shake of the Head: How to Determine If It’s an Epileptic Seizure? What Are the Treatment Methods for Epileptic Seizures?

Question

When a child has an episode with white eyes, tight lips, a forceful shake of the head, turning the head to one side, biting the lips tightly, turning purple, hands clenching tightly, forcefully shaking the head, and then becoming drowsy, now during an episode, the child suddenly looks at you but doesn’t respond when called, turns the head to one side, the lips are tightly closed, there is a lot of phlegm, but it doesn’t change color, and hands don’t clench tightly, but still feel very forceful, then forcefully shake the head to fall asleep. How can you determine if it’s an epileptic seizure?

Answer

About 70% of epilepsy patients who undergo regular antiepileptic drug treatment can have their seizures controlled. Among them, 50% to 60% of patients can be cured after 2 to 5 years of treatment and can live and work like normal people. Surgical treatment and neural regulation therapy can control or cure seizures in some patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, thus improving the prognosis of intractable epilepsy to some extent.