58 What is the likelihood that my child will outgrow a seizure disorder?
Description
This article is from the Epilepsy FAQ, by Andrew Patrick (andrew@calvin.dgbt.doc.ca) with numerous contributions by others.
58 What is the likelihood that my child will outgrow a seizure disorder?
The likelihood of a child outgrowing a seizure disorder is difficult to
answer. Sometimes children do outgrow Epilepsy, while for others the
seizures may stay the same or intensify with age. Some people
experience the same type of seizures throughout their lifetime. Some
epilepsies are known to almost always remit (for example, Benign
Rolandic Epilepsy or Epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes and rolandic
seizures), some are known to usually remit (e.g., childhood absence)
and some are known to almost never remit (e.g., Juvenile Myoclonic
epilepsy). The medical community cannot predict who will continue to
have seizures and who will not, but they feel that the sooner Epilepsy
is diagnosed, the better it can be controlled.
Continue to:
My Books
