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What are the common side effects of seizure medication?

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Common side effects of anti-seizure medication may include depression, look less alert, look less attentive with mild ADHD-like symptoms. When anti-seizure medication is stopped there is a marked improvement in alertness, focus and attentiveness at school.

Please make note of side-effects or any other indications and keep your child’s Pediatric Neurologist informed during regular check-up.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that this guide is for information purposes only. Please consult a qualified health practitioner for safe management

Have genes associated with Cerebral Palsy been identified?

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Cerebral Palsy(CP) is a disorder of locomotion. If CP is due to prenatal fetal brain injury then no genetic cause maybe attributed to it. If the child has CP in addition to having a small head (microcephaly), with mental retardation and seizures, then there may be cause for genetic concern for a collective gene disorder, not CP alone.

DISCLAIMER: Please note that this guide is for information purposes only. Please consult a qualified health practitioner for safe management.

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