Progress of ketogenic diet treatment of intractable epilepsy in Children
10.3969/j.issn.1000-3606.2015.02.021
- VernacularTitle:生酮饮食治疗儿童难治性癫痫的进展
- Author:
Mingmei WANG
;
Mengmeng XIE
;
Dengna ZHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
ketogenic diet;
intractable epilepsy;
children
- From:
Journal of Clinical Pediatrics
2015;(2):184-187
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Refractory childhood epilepsy refers to those cases with dififcult control of epileptic attacks after at least two formal anticonvulsants treatment. Recently, ketogenic diet (KD), a high-fat, low-carbohydrate and adequate-protein diet, becomes an important method for the treatment of refractory epilepsy in children. Before employing KD, children should be checked to exclude known metabolic diseases. Although the mechanism of KD treatment is not entirely clear, it has a certain clinical curative effect. Many factors inlfuence the curative effect of KD. Most of the adverse effects of KD treatment are transient and can be recovered through active prevention and handling, which gives a generally good prognosis.
