Dravet syndrome
Learn about Dravet syndrome, a rare and severe epilepsy that begins in infancy, including causes, diagnosis, seizures, treatments, and outlook.
This section covers common childhood epilepsy syndromes and epilepsy syndromes seen in infancy, many of them rare.
A syndrome is a group of signs and symptoms that, if they occur together, can suggest a particular condition.
Knowing which epilepsy syndrome you have will help healthcare professionals decide on the right anti-seizure medication, as well as other treatments and support.
It can also be useful for understanding:
- Whether your seizures are likely to be controlled
- Whether there are likely to be any other problems, for example with behaviour, development, learning or social functioning
- The long-term outlook
Click on the links below to find out more about all aspects of these syndromes, including the cause, the age at which the syndromes start, diagnosis, symptoms, treatments and long-term outlooks:
