WHAT IS EPILEPSY?
A person is considered to have epilepsy if they have had two unexplained seizures occurring greater than 24 hours apart. So, many patients with epilepsy do not realize they have this disease, due to historical stigmas, but the bottom line is that if you take medications to prevent seizures, then you have epilepsy.
WHAT ARE THE CONVENTIONAL METHODS FOR TREATING EPILEPSY?
Anyone who has had two unexplained seizures occurring greater than 24 hours apart is typically started on an antiepileptic medication. Many of these medicines can cause some pretty bad side effects. When patients who still have seizures despite taking medication, then their chance of ever being seizure free on medication alone is close to zero.
WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE DO IF MEDICATIONS DO NOT STOP THEIR SEIZURES?
The goal in treating patients with epilepsy is no seizures and no side effects. Anyone who has taken more than one medication and still has had seizures needs to be evaluated at a comprehensive epilepsy centre, including an evaluation by an epilepsy surgeon. The reason for this is that the only cure for epilepsy is to remove the abnormal part of the brain that is causing seizures.
HOW SAFE IS EPILEPSY SURGERY?
Epilepsy surgery is much safer than living with recurrent seizures. The reason this is possible is that the area of the brain causing seizures does not function normally, and experienced epilepsy surgeons know how to operate safely in many different parts of the brain to remove the seizure focus without damaging any of the normal areas. In most cases, the brain actually works better once the part causing seizures is removed.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF EPILEPSY SURGERY?
Epilepsy can vary greatly from one person to another. Numerous types of surgery are available to treat it including:
- Respective Surgery: Using resective surgery, they can surgically remove the part of your brain where seizures happen. The most common type of resective surgery is a temporal lobectomy. It may reduce the number of seizures you have while limiting your risk of permanent brain damage.
- Multiple Subpial Transaction: It involves cutting parts of your brain to prevent the spread of seizures. It may be more effective than resective surgery if your seizures don’t always start in the same part of your brain.
- Hemispherectomy: In this procedure, a surgeon removes the outer layer of one entire side of your brain.
- Corpus Callosotomy: By cutting the nerve fibres between the two sides of your brain, your surgeon can help stop seizures from spreading from one hemisphere to the other. By stopping the spread of seizures throughout your brain, they can help make your seizures less severe.
WHY KIMS?
KIMS is one of the best epilepsy clinic in Hyderabad that can provide patients with every modern diagnostic and surgical technique that is currently available. Our best specialist doctor for epilepsy treatment work with you to carefully determine the causes of epilepsy and prepare the most personalized treatment options to give you a seizure-free life. We are by far one of the best epilepsy treatment hospital in Hyderabad that also does cutting edge research in epilepsy.