Long-term prognosis of seizures with onset in childhood

Article Abstract:

Children who have seizures in childhood may be seizure-free as adults but may have social and intellectual problems. Researchers in Finland followed 220 children who had epilepsy for up to 30 years. At the 30-year follow-up, 44 had died and 39 still had seizures up until their death. Sixty-four percent of those still alive had not had seizures for at least five years and most were not taking anticonvulsant drugs. However, many of the adults had not completed 12 years of school and many were unemployed and unmarried.

Prognosis, Epilepsy in children, Pediatric epilepsy

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Gaining a perspectiveon childhood seizures

Article Abstract:

Many children who have recurring seizures will outgrow them and suffer no adverse consequences. This is even true for children with febrile seizures, which occur in a child with fever. Parents need to be reassured that the child may not need treatment, especially because many anti-convulsant drugs have severe side effects. A 1999 study showed that a rectal suppository containing the anticonvulsant diazepam was effective in preventing recurring seizures in children and adults.

Editorial, Dosage and administration, Diazepam

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Tapeworms and seizures--treatment and prevention

Article Abstract:

A study published in 2004 found that drug treatment of people with a tapeworm infection in their brain could reduce the number of seizures they have. However, tapeworm infections normally occur in developing countries that do not have sophisticated medical technology. So the most effective method is to prevent the infection in the first place and there are many effective ways of doing that.

Prevention, Cysticercosis

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