This hub covers pediatric epilepsy in infants, kids, and teens, including diagnosis, syndromes, development, school plans, and safety. New studies translated into clear takeaways for parents.
Usually when two appropriate medications haven’t controlled seizures.
Many families benefit and it depends on seizure frequency, medications, and learning needs.
Often yes, with smart precautions. Ask your neurologist or epileptologist about your child’s specific risks.
Clusters, prolonged seizures, breathing trouble, new weakness, or major regression.
This study looked at two different forms of cannabidiol (CBD) to see how they are absorbed and how safe they are.
This study looked at children with a specific genetic condition called YWHAG-associated Neurodevelopmental Disorder (YWHAG-NDD), which can cause seizures and developmental delays.
This article examines the history of epilepsy and how it has influenced modern medical care, particularly for young people.
A recent study looked at how executive function (EF) deficits affect Malaysian children with epilepsy.
Researchers studied the use of ketogenic diets as a treatment for epilepsy in pregnant women.
This study looked at childhood absence epilepsy (CAE), a common type of epilepsy that affects children, particularly those in school.
Researchers studied how different parts of the brain communicate in patients with epilepsy, focusing on the areas where seizures start, known as the seizure onset zone (SOZ).
Researchers studied Angelman syndrome (AS), a rare genetic disorder that affects about 1 in 15,000 children.
This study looked at children with generalized tonic seizures (GTS) who underwent two types of surgeries: corpus callosotomy (CC) and focal surgery (FS).