Question
A patient has experienced ten or more epilepsy seizures over a five-year period, with symptoms including spitting white foam, upward rolling eyes, convulsions of limbs, and loss of consciousness, each lasting for 3 to 4 minutes. Diagnosed with brain cyst disease during military service, seizures continued despite subsequent treatment. What are the treatment methods for epilepsy caused by brain cysts?
Answer
To treat epilepsy caused by brain cysts, the first step is to treat the brain cysts and simultaneously use antiepileptic medications to control seizures. The causes of epilepsy are complex and may be related to congenital anomalies, brain injuries, birth trauma, inflammation, genetics, hypoxic encephalopathy, and febrile seizures. Clinical presentations are also diverse, including generalized tonic-clonic seizures, pure partial seizures, complex partial seizures, absence seizures, and status epilepticus.