Epilepsy is a common chronic disease of nervous system, about 60% of which begins in infancy. Through early diagnosis and reasonable treatment, about 80% of children can be well controlled. Benign epilepsy in children accounts for about 15% ~ 24% of epilepsy in children. Children with febrile convulsion and benign epilepsy have a good prognosis, and their intellectual development is generally unaffected.
Experts remind that epilepsy is not equal to mental retardation, and epilepsy itself will not affect children's schooling. About 75% children with epilepsy can go to school normally. Going to school will not aggravate seizures, but will help to narrow the gap with normal children and better integrate into society. As parents, we should treat the life and study of children with epilepsy correctly. Although there are many factors that are easy to induce seizures in daily life, such as fatigue, staying up late, sleepiness and so on. Many family members are worried that their children's brains will aggravate their seizures when they go to school, and they take excessive protection, over-arrangement, restriction of activities and neglect of study. If school-age children leave the school environment for a long time, it will not be conducive to their physical and mental health development, but also cause unhealthy personality formation.
Benign epilepsy in children generally relieves naturally before and after puberty, and only about 2% will mutate, and some even take drugs for life. If other types of epilepsy are controlled, they can receive school education without serious mental retardation. Although epilepsy is controlled, these children often leave lifelong psychological barriers. On the one hand, parents are advised to find children's behavior problems in time in daily education and correct them; On the other hand, consulting professional neuropsychologists give scientific guidance.
What should I do if the whole body twitches at school? This is a concern of many parents and teachers. Experts remind that most seizures or febrile convulsions are automatically stopped by the body's own protective function. Generally, as long as the patient's posture is flat, the collar is loosened, the respiratory tract is unobstructed, and the air circulates, the child's head can lie on his side. If it doesn't stop within 5 minutes, it will be sent to the nearest hospital for emergency treatment.
Simply put, parents of such children should pay attention to the following points:
1. These children are generally taking medicine, and they should consult a professional neurologist on how to arrange the medication time reasonably;
2. Parents inform their children's teachers so that they can deal with the attack accordingly;
Of course, for special children, if mental retardation or frequent seizures are not effectively controlled and affect others' class, they should not go to school. Children with poor epilepsy control should first control seizures and choose to go to school, which is the best policy.