I t is estimated that 20% of patients with epilepsy have seizures that cannot be controlled by antiepileptic drug therapy. Approximately half of these patients are potential candidates for surgical treatment. Based on a prevalence of epilepsy in the United States of 0.5% to 1.0%, there should be more than 100 000 patients with poorly controlled epilepsy who might benefit from surgical intervent...

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...

The prevalence of epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa is higher than in other parts of the world, but it is short of the effective measure on treating intractable epilepsy. Epilepsy surgery is not easy to be performed due to the high cost and demand of operational skills. The authors planned to perform ketogenic diet therapy for the children with intractable epilepsy in Ghana with regard to its low ...

Background: Epilepsy is a brain disorder that changes the basin geometry of the oscillation of trajectories in the phase space. Nevertheless, recent studies on epilepsy often used the statistical characteristics of this space to diagnose epileptic seizures. Objectives: We evaluated changes caused by the seizures on the mentioned basin by focusing on phase space sorted by Poincaré sections. Ma...

Breakthrough seizures are often encountered in patients with well-controlled epilepsy for no obvious reason. We report a case of a breakthrough seizure after temporal lobectomy secondary to topical administration of essential oils. We recommend inquiring about the use of essential oils in patients with well-controlled epilepsy who experience breakthrough seizures.

PURPOSE The aim of this study was to examine interictal, pre-ictal and ictal autonomic system disturbance by comparing heart rate variability in children with uncontrolled epilepsy with that seen in healthy controls and children with controlled epilepsy. METHODS Our study group included 20 children with refractory epilepsy, our control groups were composed of 20 children with well-controlled ...

Considering the burden of epilepsy on society, investigation of the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is essential for the better future targeting, optimization of current interventions and managing strategies for epilepsy. Nineteen HRQoL were investigated in this review. Increases in seizure incidence, level of depression and seizure severity were significantly related to reduced HRQoL. T...

INTRODUCTION Bathing epilepsy is a specific type of reflex epilepsy triggered by domestic bathing in water. It is a geographically specific epilepsy syndrome that is more prevalent in India Cases in Caucasian population are very rarely reported. These cases share many similar clinical features and a similar prognosis to the Indian cases. CASE REPORT We describe three cases of bathing epilepsy...