China News Service, Shanghai, March 2 (Chen Jing Xu Min) Xiaobo (pseudonym), an 18-year-old boy from Anhui, has been suffering from epilepsy for 14 years.
Over the years, despite seeking medical treatment everywhere, the symptoms of limb convulsions and unconsciousness have not only not eased, but have become more frequent.
The reporter learned on the 2nd that Shanghai experts successfully removed the intractable epilepsy lesion for Xiaobo. The young man said goodbye to the nightmare of three or four times a month and ushered in a new life.
It is reported that one day when he was 4 years old, Xiaobo had his first epileptic seizure while playing on the roadside. He suddenly fell to the ground, lost consciousness, and his whole body became weak. It lasted for 6-7 seconds and then returned to normal.
A few months later, wavelet had another attack, this time more severe and lasting longer.
After the diagnosis in the local hospital, Xiaobo has been taking anti-epileptic drugs, but has been unable to control the seizures.
At the age of 7, Xiaobo's epilepsy worsened, lasting up to 1 minute, and even convulsed all over the body, unable to speak, and unable to breathe.
The frequent seizures of epilepsy seriously affected Xiaobo's study and life.
For years, his family took him around seeking medical attention.
Now Xiaobo is 18 years old, and his body is weakened by repeated seizures, and he looks thinner than his peers.
From shaking his hands, he developed to trembling all over his body, and his character became increasingly dull.
After searching for medical treatment, they came to Shanghai Deji Hospital.
Expert Shang Li asked about the medical history and discussed with the results of EEG, cranial MRI, cranial CT, cranial PET and other examinations. It was initially judged that the wavelet was a diagnosis of tuberous sclerosis complex, secondary epilepsy, and the left parietal nodule was likely to be a The main epileptogenic area requires immediate surgical resection.
It is reported that the doctors repeatedly performed cortical EEG monitoring to accurately locate the epileptogenic foci; under the premise of protecting the child's brain function, motor nerve, language nerve and other functions, the experts treated the epileptogenic foci with wavelets under a high-powered operating microscope.
The operation lasted 5 hours, and the lesions in Xiaobo's brain were completely removed.
According to Gong Deshan, the chief surgeon, after surgery, Xiaobo's EEG did not see any abnormal discharges. It has been more than 8 months, and Xiaobo's epilepsy has not recurred.
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