Absence Seizure Symptoms, Treatments & More
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7. Treatment for Absence Seizures
The main treatment for absence seizures is medication to stop the seizures from happening. Sometimes a person may need to switch medicines or take several medications, particularly if they experience more than one type of seizure. Taking this medication exactly as prescribed is the best way to prevent seizures.3‘Absence Seizures.’ Johns Hopkins Medicine, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/epilepsy/absence-seizures.
In extreme cases of epilepsy, surgery or an implanted electrical device in the brain may be necessary to help control the seizures. However, those methods are rarely needed for absence seizures.1‘Epilepsy.’ NHS Choices, NHS, www.nhs.uk/conditions/epilepsy.
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