Daily life of an epileptic child
Ville, D.ée.
La Revue du Praticien 62(10): 1410-1414
2012
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2640 PMID: 23424923 Document Number: 661345
The daily life of an epileptic child will be affected by the constraints of the medical follow-up, the consequences on the cognitive functions and behaviour, the impact on the schooling and professional activity, recreation, social and family life. If certain factors associated with a less good quality of life have been identified (intellectual disability or handicap associated, drug-resistant epilepsy, combination therapy, low socio-economic level maternal, absence of aetiology identified, number of consultations and hospitalizations in the last few months...), the daily life is affected even in cases of epilepsy isolated well stabilized. The challenge of taking account of the impact of epilepsy on the daily lives of the first episode and throughout the monitoring is capital in order to best preserve the quality of life of the child and his family. This approach is the subject of a collaborative work with other actors medical and paramedical personnel, and need the constitution of a network. The establishment of therapeutic education projects on the model of diabetes mellitus could be valuable.