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 focused on understanding how changes in the KCNQ2 gene, which affects a specific potassium channel in the brain, relate to the developmental and seizure characteristics in children with KCNQ2 developmental and epileptic encephalopathy (DEE).
This study focused on childhood epilepsy in Cameroon, examining the clinical patterns, factors that predict seizure control, and the impact on education.
Researchers studied the effects of daily intermittent fasting (IF) on mice with absence epilepsy, a type of epilepsy that causes brief seizures and loss of consciousness.
This study looked at how a mother’s weight before pregnancy affects the development of her child.
Researchers studied the effectiveness of a new device called point-of-care electroencephalogram (POC-EEG) in emergency departments and hospitals.
Researchers studied CDKL5 deficiency disorder (CDD), a rare condition that causes severe developmental and epileptic challenges in individuals.
Researchers studied how effective a specific brain stimulation treatment is for children with difficult-to-treat epilepsy.
Researchers studied a specific type of brain injury called cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (CLOCCs) in people with epilepsy.
Researchers studied the indirect costs and burdens faced by families caring for children with severe epilepsy disorders known as developmental epileptic encephalopathies (DEE).