Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a rare disease characterized by severe epilepsy diagnosed by a neurologist or neuropaediatrist, which causes seizures, sometimes with loss of consciousness. It is usually accompanied by delayed mental development.
This syndrome occurs in children and is more common in boys, between the 2nd and 6th year of life, being less common after 10 years of age and rarely appears in adult life. In addition it is more likely that children who already have another form of epilepsy, such as West syndrome for example, develop this disease.
Does Lennox Syndrome Have Cure?
There is no cure for Lennox syndrome however with treatment it is possible to decrease the symptoms that define it.
Treatment
Treatment of Lennox's syndrome in addition to physical therapy involves taking analgesics and anticonvulsants and is more successful when there is no brain damage.
This disease is usually resistant to the use of some medicines, but the use of Nitrazepam and Diazepam with medical prescription has shown positive results in the treatment.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy complements the medical treatment and serves to avoid motor and respiratory complications, improving the patient's motor coordination. Hydrotherapy may be another form of treatment.
Symptoms of Lennox's syndrome
Symptoms involve daily seizures, loss of consciousness for a short period, excessive salivation and tearing.
The diagnosis is only confirmed after repeated electroencephalogram tests to determine the frequency and manner in which the seizures occur and fit all the syndrome's standard features.
