Drug-resistant epilepsy and ketogenic diet therapy – a qualitative study of families’ experiences.

Children with drug-resistant epilepsy experience regular debilitating seizures despite treatment with multiple antiseizure medications.[1] It is a life-changing diagnosis for the child and their family, requiring an adjustment to a new ‘normal’, characterised by the unpredictability of seizures and the coexistence of comorbidities[2,3] It is widely accepted that chronic illness, such as epilepsy, presents additional burdens and care needs for parents, increasing their anxiety, stress, and depression.[4,5]
Source: Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research