Get your health question answered instantly from our pool of 18000+ doctors from over 80 specialties
159 Doctors Online

By proceeding, I accept the Terms and Conditions

Dr. Andrew Rynne
MD
Dr. Andrew Rynne

Family Physician

Exp 50 years

HCM Blog Instant Access to Doctors
HCM BlogQuestions Answered
HCM Blog Satisfaction

My Grandson Has Been On The Ketogenic Diet For Four

My grandson has been on the ketogenic diet for four years and his seizure disorder appears to be under control now. He began having seizures just about at his third birthday; until then he was developing normally. Medication alone was not able to control the seizures so after several months of trials of medication, he was placed on the ketogenic diet. He cooperated beautifully throughout this ordeal. He is gradually being 'weaned' off successfully from the ketogenic diet and continues to take some medication which is monitored by his neurologist, Dr. Oscar Devinsky. He is now 7 years old and attends a special class (because he has some learning delays, but he is advancing quite well in his academics) and gets extensive speech and language therapy, OT and PT and is reported to be making very notable progress in these areas as well. In your opinion, can the time come that we could feel secure that he will be seizure free and catch up cognitively.
posted on Sun, 11 Dec 2016
Twitter