Epilepsy is a treatable disease; however, it may require long-term treatment and follow-up. Among people with epilepsy, there is a group of patients who can be treated 100 percent. However, since the causes of epilepsy are very different, it is not correct to give a general rate for the patient group that can be treated completely. What is the cause of epilepsy is the most important factor that determines treatment success. Due to the nature of the disease, there is a group of patients with a poor prognosis and very low treatment success, which roughly constitutes a group of 25-30%.
Recent developments in the treatment of epilepsy disease: new drugs, new surgical methods, new devices in neurostimulators and new imaging methods.
Treatment planning for epilepsy patients is primarily done with drugs; However, drugs do not cure the disease, just like diabetics or blood pressure patients, but have a suppressing effect on the symptoms. In the group of approximately 45% to 65% of patients receiving medication, seizures can be fully controlled with a single type of medication.
People who are found suitable for epilepsy surgery can be successfully treated with this method.
Another method used in the treatment of epilepsy is placement of neurostimulator to the brain. Neurostimulator placement is performed by the Department of Neurosurgery after the patient selection suitable for the Neurostimulator application in the Neurological Sciences Center.
Another method used in the treatment of epilepsy is placement of neurostimulator to the brain. Neurostimulator placement is performed by the Department of Neurosurgery after the patient selection suitable for the Neurostimulator application in the Neurological Sciences Center.
The causes of epilepsy are very diverse and varied. To summarize in general, the following factors are among the causes of epilepsy:
Hippocampal sclerosia
Brain tumors
Hypoxic-ischemic brain injuries
Central nervous system infections
Immune-mediated inflammations
Developmental disorders of brain tissue,
Developmental disorders in brain vessels
Hereditary diseases and genetic causes.
However, despite all the improvements in the diagnostic methods of epilepsy, there is a group of patients who do not know what the cause of the disease is, apart from the reasons mentioned above.
For the diagnosis of the disease, observing the seizure and transferring these observations to the doctor is very valuable. EEG (Electroencephalography), brain imaging (magnetic resonance-MRI) and blood analyzes that the neurology physician deems necessary should be done.
In order to decide whether a previous attack is epilepsy or not, it is very important for the patient or the person who witnessed that attack to be able to accurately convey their observations to the neurologist. If the attack of the patient is an epileptic seizure, the doctor needs the above-mentioned examinations in order to determine what type of epilepsy it is and to decide which drug will be more effective. Using the applications developed by Yeditepe University Hospital on smart phones to help patients and their relatives to observe different types of seizures in epilepsy patients and transfer them to your doctor:
• Capture and record video of the person when he / she has a seizure.
• Record the person’s seizures in the calendar in the application
• Can note information about the number, day, time, duration, type of seizures
• You can save a person to the emergency call section to call in case of emergency.
In addition, with smart phone applications that work in sync with the epilepsy diary at “yeditepeepipelsisiz.com”, they can access personal data from anywhere and share this information with their physician for accurate diagnosis and treatment.
Yeditepe University Hospital in epilepsy diagnosis and treatment of the neurological sciences center has the distinction of being one of the best centers in Turkey. Patients are served with the most advanced diagnostic possibilities for the diagnosis of epilepsy.
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