Epilepsy secondary prevention

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Fahimeh Shojaei, M.D.

Overview[edit | edit source]

Effective measures for the secondary prevention of epilepsy include early diagnosis and effective treatment.

Secondary Prevention[edit | edit source]

• Effective measures for the secondary prevention of epilepsy include:
• Early diagnosis:
  • Epilepsy can be diagnosed based on history, symptoms and physical examination of a patient with seizure complain.^[1]
  • Among the patients who present with clinical signs of seizure, the EEG is the most efficient test for diagnosis.
  • Video-EEG monitoring is a combination of recording EEG and clinical behavior of the patient. Although it's more expensive, it is more effective in differentiating different type if seizures.^[2]
  • With the first seizure, in order to reach a diagnosis and find out the etiology of seizure, we should perform ancillary testing such as:^[1][3][4]
    • Imaging study including:
    • EEG
    • Video-EEG monitoring
    • Lumbar puncture

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• Effective treatment: For more information, click here and here.

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