The most common question that many parents of affected children inquire about is: can my child take cold medicine when he has a cold? Antiepileptic can still take? In the clinic, "cold" is often an important cause of epilepsy. Many patients have been under very good control for several years, but when they encounter a cold, they will have a seizure, and they are afraid to take cold medicine, and some patients even dare not take the antiepileptic drugs that they have been taking.

This is actually very incorrect; first of all, medication for epilepsy should never be stopped, no matter what the reason. And when you have a cold, it's okay to take cold medicine. But we have to look at the ingredients on it when we take the medicine, some drugs contain caffeine, which can cause excitation of the cerebral cortex, and this is very easy to induce epilepsy.

Secondly, some patients have to be differentiated when taking antibiotics, and some antibiotics are not allowed. Penicillin antibiotics (amoxicillin), for example, are very likely to cause seizures and are contraindicated for people with epilepsy, as well as antibiotics that include quinolones, such as levofloxacin, which are just as likely to cause seizures. Cephalosporin antibiotics, on the other hand, are generally safe. When we visit the hospital, we must inform the doctor that we are epileptic, so that when the doctor prescribes, he or she will avoid drugs that tend to cause seizures.

Finally, as epilepsy patients usually pay attention to increase their own immunity, including a balanced diet, more vitamin C-containing fruits and vegetables; in the cold-prone season should pay attention to often open the windows to ventilate the air, and pay attention to the change of weather to increase or decrease the clothes, so as to play a preventive role in the cold.

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Epilepsy is a mental illness that requires long-term therapeutic attention, and for the patient once a seizure occurs it can cause a lot of harm to the patient and family. Therefore, epilepsy patients need to take long-term medication for prevention and treatment. But the human body is fragile, there will always be fever and cold and other diseases to attack the body, so can epilepsy patients take medicine for cold?

Cold and flu seizures are something that can be treated and recovered from very quickly for the average person, however, cold and flu in epileptic patients can be able to trigger a seizure. In addition, upper respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, intestinal infections, etc. can be caused by colds, and many of these illnesses are characterized by fever, which can cause seizures. Therefore, people with epilepsy should add or subtract clothing in a timely manner whenever the climate changes, otherwise sudden changes in temperature may trigger seizures.

It is wrong for people with epilepsy to stop taking their epilepsy medication when they have a fever and cold. Once the medication is stopped there is a chance that the condition will recur or worsen. Therefore, epilepsy patients should keep taking the medication. However, cold medicines should not be taken indiscriminately. Many cold medicines on the market contain stimulants such as caffeine and finasteride, which, if taken by mistake, may excite the brain and thus induce a seizure. Therefore, you need to ask your doctor's advice before taking medication.

In fact, colds can be cured without medication, adequate rest and eating foods rich in vitamin C are able to relieve colds.

Instructor: Zhao Qiankang, Attending Physician, Department of Neurology, East Hospital, Tianjin First Central Hospital.

Specialty: Thirteen years of clinical work, specializing in neurological disorders such as headache, dizziness, epilepsy, etc.

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