Teenagers with epilepsy

Teenagers with epilepsy.

Recent attention has focused on the importance, but inadequacy, of adolescent medicine, and the paucity of medical services for this specific population. Adolescence is, in itself, a diYcult and traumatic time; when complicated by epilepsy it poses a great challenge not only to the young people themselves, but also to their carers and physicians. 4 This paper provides a guide to the management ...

Correlation between Epilepsy Self-Management Behaviors and Seizure Frequency among Patients with Epilepsy in Iran Epilepsy Association

Background and Objectives: Epilepsy is a chronic condition results in seizure and leads to debilitating conditions in patients. Epilepsy self-management behaviors include activities to manage the disease. The aim of this study was to assess self-management behaviors and its correlation with seizure frequency in patients with epilepsy. Materials and Methods: In this correlation study, 120 patien...

Borderline Personality Traits in Patients With Epilepsy

Background: Although much research on patients with epilepsy (PWE) has focused on psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and psychotic disorders, the relationship between epilepsy and personality disorders has not been frequently studied. Objectives: The study aimed to evaluate borderline personality traits in PWE. Materials & Methods: In this case-control study, we evaluated 21...

Investigating Relationship of positive Family Historypattern and the incidence of idiopathic epilepsy in patients with epilepsy

Electrocardiography Findings in Children with Epilepsy Compared with Healthy Children

Background Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological diseases. Over the last decades the hypothesis of cardiovascular effects from sudden seizure has been raised, and cardiac rhythm and ECG changes in these patients have been highlighted. The study aimed to evalua...