Children with lgs have seizures often, and they have several different kinds of seizures Seizures begin in early childhood, usually before the age of 4 years It is an epilepsy syndrome that arises due to high frequency synchronized activity developing in bilaterally distributed brain networks during a susceptible age period in childhood This syndrome develops from a prior epilepsy syndrome or etiology, thus is rarely present at initial seizure onset. Intellectual development is usually delayed and often worsens over time. It causes different types of seizures, cognitive (learning or thinking) difficulties, and unusual brain activity seen on an electroencephalogram (eeg).
Epilepsy is a disorder of the nervous system Epilepsy causes sudden, intense bursts of electrical activity in the brain Patients with lgs experience many different types of seizures. The most commonly used dietary therapies to treat seizures in lgs are the ketogenic diet (kd), the modified atkins diet (mad), and the low glycemic index diet (lgi).
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