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.
Researchers studied a program called Epilepsy Journey (EJ) to help teenagers with epilepsy improve their executive functioning skills, which are important for tasks like planning, organizing, and managing emotions.
Researchers studied the effects of stopping or switching valproic acid (VPA) in women with epilepsy who were planning to become pregnant or were already pregnant.
This study focused on a rare genetic disorder called cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5 deficiency (CDD), which leads to severe epilepsy and developmental challenges.
This study looked at how well a machine learning software called P15 can detect interictal epileptiform discharges (IEDs) in EEG recordings from patients at a large hospital in England.
This study looked at the experiences of parents who lost a child to Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), which is a leading cause of death related to epilepsy.
Researchers studied two diets, the classical ketogenic diet (CKD) and the modified Atkins diet (MAD), to see how well they help children with drug-resistant epilepsy (DRE).
Researchers studied children who experienced status epilepticus, a serious condition where seizures last a long time or occur one after another without recovery in between.
This study looked at the cognitive and social skills of 45 children and adolescents with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) and compared them to 56 healthy peers of similar age, gender, and schooling.
Researchers studied how different doses of antiseizure medication (ASM) affect the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in children with epilepsy.