Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is a rare condition characterized by severe epilepsy diagnosed by a neurologist or neuropediatra, which causes seizures, sometimes with loss of consciousness, and is often accompanied by a delay in mental development.
This syndrome occurs in children and is more common in males between the ages of 2 and 6 years of life, being less common from age 10 and rarely appears in adulthood, in addition, children who already have another form of epilepsy, such as West syndrome, are more likely to develop the disease.
There is no cure for Lennox syndrome, but with treatment it is possible to reduce the symptoms that define it.
Treatment of Lennox syndrome in addition to physical therapy involves taking painkillers and anticonvulsants and is most effective when there is no brain damage.
This disease is generally resistant to the use of certain medications, but the use of prescription nitrazepam and diazepam has given positive results in treatment.
Physical therapy complements drug treatment and is used to prevent motor and respiratory complications, improving the patient’s motor coordination. Hydrotherapy may be another form of treatment.
Symptoms include daily seizures, short-term loss of consciousness, excessive salivation and tearing.
Diagnosis is confirmed only after repeated electroencephalogram tests to determine the frequency and way seizures occur and adapt to all standard characteristics of the syndrome.