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If your child has had an epileptic seizure, they may need an electroencephalogram (EEG). An EEG is a recording of the brain's electrical activity. Your child can have an EEG as an outpatient. They don't need to stay in hospital.

Your child's healthcare team will give you advice about increasing safety for your child with epilepsy. The advice will depend on the type and frequency of your child's seizures.

Find out what to do if your child has a seizure. 

In hospital, your child may become used to interacting with more adults than children and they may need more support from their early childhood teachers.

Wet combing with cheap conditioner and a fine-tooth head lice (nit) comb is an effective way to find and remove head lice, if done properly.

4% dimethicone lotion is a very effective head lice treatment that a health professional can prescribe.

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Our brains think and control our bodies using electrical messages. An epileptic seizure happens when there is abnormal electrical activity in your child's brain. Most tamariki (children) who have one epileptic seizure will never have another one.

Information about the use of warfarin for treating and preventing blood clots.

Information about the use of vigabatrin for preventing seizures. 

 Information about the use of spironolactone for heart failure. 

Information for parents and caregivers about the use of sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs).

Information about the use of rectal paraldehyde for stopping seizures.

Information about midazolam for stopping seizures. 

Information about the use of lisinopril for high blood pressure (also called hypertension).

Information about the use of lacosamide to prevent epileptic seizures.