Overall quality of life is another major consideration in the management of epilepsy.
Recent research showed that quality of life for children with epilepsy, even those responding to anti-seizure medication as being rated ‘Poor’ to ‘Average’. The side effects of medication on a child can be heart breaking for a parent or carer to see. But as we see here, these side effects can impact the whole family too.4
It doesn’t have to be this way
For Lee, seizures started when he was a teenager. This impacted his life in so many ways. However, the treatment options available to Lee impacted him just as greatly. The medication that Lee was taking to manage his seizures affected him in other ways.
After much research and consideration, Lee opted to try ketogenic diet therapy and hasn’t looked back. Hear what led him to make this decision.
This website is intended for patients, and parents and carers of children, who have been diagnosed with retractable epilepsy.
Ketogenic Diet Therapy should always be used under medical supervision. Always speak to your Healthcare Professional prior to starting Ketogenic Diet Therapy
1. Kwan, P., Arzimanoglou, A. and Berg, A. (2010) ‘Definition of Drug Resistant Epilepsy: Consensus Proposal by the Ad Hoc Task Force for the ILAE Commission on Therapeutic Strategies’, Epilepsia, 51 (6). PP. 1069 – 1077
2. Joint Epilepsy Council. (2011) ‘Epilepsy Prevalence, Incidence and Other Statistics’; available at: www.epilepsy.org.uk/info/what-is-epilepsy
3. Martin, K et al. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2016 CD001903.pub3
4. Data on file (Primary Market Research: Parent Quality of Life Survey in Refractory Epilepsy, 2018 n=52)
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