The teenager with epilepsy

Managing the teenager with epilepsy: paediatric to adult care

Epilepsy starting in childhood frequently persists through adolescence and into adult life, and an onset in adolescence itself is common. The management of the teenager with epilepsy is important but often inadequate. In 1991, a specific clinic for teenagers with epilepsy was established in Liverpool to address the unique needs and concerns of this age group and, importantly, to facilitate a sm...

Teenager with Severe Bowing of Limbs

Bowing of long bones may be secondary to several aetiologies. Among the causes for bowing of long bones include congenital and acquired form of rickets, skeletal dysplasia, osteogenesis imperfecta and renal tubular acidosis (RTA).

Teenager with a Bleeding, Red Papule.

Previously published Photo Quizzes are now featured in a mobile app. Get more information at http:// www.aafp.org/afp/apps. A 14-year-old boy presented with a tender red papule on his finger. He first noticed it two months earlier. It bled several times, especially when rubbed by his baseball mitt. He had no medical problems or allergies, and he was not taking any medications. He had no other s...

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

No Place for the Teenager

Two and a half years ago the Ministry of Health asked the 15 regional hospital boards to expand their psychiatric facilities for adolescents. The National Association for Mental Health then collected detailed information about the boards' expansion plans. But late last year a further NAMH survey revealed that in the 2\ years since the Ministry's call there had been a national increase of only 3...