Treatment Strategies For Krabbe Disease

Anticonvulsant Medication

Some patients develop seizures, though these usually occur after other primary symptoms. In certain cases, seizures don't appear until months or even years after the onset of symptoms. One study showed out of fifty cases of Krabbe disease, only two involved seizures as the primary symptom during the disease's onset, and seizures developed later with the other cases. The most common seizure activity associated with Krabbe disease is a myoclonic seizure. These are brief jerks of a group of muscles or a single muscle. A doctor may prescribe anticonvulsant medication to help manage the seizure symptoms. The seizures are a result of neurological problems due to the brain losing myelin. It's possible they're related to an inability to regulate electricity in the brain.

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