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celebral palsy
by gesare, Mar 03, 2008 06:25AM
my son was born with severe birth aspyxia. as a result she ended up getting celebral palsy. at first i was devastated but now getting used to it. i take him to see an occupational therapy but he still convulses. he is on phenobabiton drugs but I am not sure if that is what he needs every day. is there any other drug or treatment that would help my son.I want to really give him my best so that he can live a normal life. the technology available in our national hospital accupational therapy is quite outdated also.
kindly assist.
Gesare
kindly assist.
Gesare
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good luck
If your son is still having seizure episodes despite intake of anticonvulsant, you need to bring him back to his doctor. There might be a need to adjust the dose of the anticonvulsant since this based on the weight of the child. Another possibility is shifting him to another anticonvulsant, or adding another anticonvulsant to the present drug he is taking. You should also tell your doctor if your son is taking other drugs since there might be drug interactions that decrease the serum level of his anticonvulsant. Frequent and prolonged seizure episodes pose added damage to the brain.
Hope this helps.