Epilepsy is one of most common but manageable neurological disorder. The relation between epilepsy, sleep and health-related quality life (HRQoL) in culturally distinct environment Pakistan remains unclear. purpose this study was to determine prevalence predictors excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), poor (SQ), analyze their association with HRQoL people epilepsy (PWE). A conducted among PWE att...

anxiety disorder is characterized by constant feelings of worry, excitation or alternative panic attacks. anxiety becomes a disorder when the feelings are repeated or severe and are produced by insignificant things or nothing at all and interfere with our functioning. epilepsy is determined as two or more unprovoked seizures. many recent epidemiological studies have found the prevalence of depr...

background :reproductive endocrine disorders and sexual dysfunction are common among men with epilepsy. we investigated sexual hormone serum levels among men with newly diagnosed epilepsy, before starting any antiepileptic drug (aed), and then after starting carbamazepine (cbz), to determine the role and effects of epilepsy versus cbz in creating reproductive endocrine disorders.   methods : in...

background: headache and epilepsy are two common chronic and recurrent disorders. headache may be a premonitory or postdromic symptom of epileptic seizures. objective: this study aims to evaluate the prevalence of migraine and tension type headache in epileptic patients. materials and methods: in a cross-sectional descriptive study, 100 patients with epilepsy who referred to the neurology clini...

objective epilepsy occurs in 12 % to 90 % of children with cerebral palsy (cp). however its clinical course is not well defined. this investigation was undertaken to study and determine the characteristics and prevalence of epilepsy in children with cerebral palsy. materials & methods of 133 children with cerebral palsy, seen between 1998 and 2001, in the pediatric neurology clinic of the imam ...

of about 40 million people with epilepsy, who live in developing countries, the majority do notreceive appropriate treatment. nonetheless, there are striking disparities among the so-called developing countries,however generally speaking, access to and availability of epilepsy management programs in developingcountries are very limited and therefore, the issue of developing epilepsy centers in ...

Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by epileptic seizures resulting from neuronal hyperexcitability, which may be related to failures in Na,K-ATPase activity and oxidative stress participation. We conducted this study investigate the impact of antioxidant therapy on stress, activity, seizure factors, mortality rodent seizure/epilepsy models induced pentylenetetrazol (PTZ), pilocar...

The article refers to the adaptation of epileptic patients conditions environment in which they are. Addressing problem epilepsy being a disease, it creates obstacles family, couple and social life. National Centre Epileptology gives hope confidence normal life without limits complexes. research also includes recommendations for lifestyle with epilepsy.

Epilepsy remains misunderstood, particularly in resource poor countries (RPC). We developed and validated a tool to assess beliefs and attitudes about epilepsy among people with epilepsy (PWE) in Kilifi, Kenya. The 50-item scale was developed through a literature review and qualitative study findings, and its reliability and validity were assessed with 673 PWE. A final scale of 34 items had Cro...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and attitude of secondary school students to epilepsy and its treatment that could pose as barriers in the treatment and care of epilepsy patients within the community. METHODS This study was cross-sectional and descriptive in design using a self administered custom designed multiple choice questionnaire with sections on general...