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Assessment of clinical profile of patients with epilepsy | |
Bhogi Venkata Surya Manikyam, Dr. Ram Avatance Sharma, Dr. Rahul Garg | |
Background: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures. The present study was conducted to assess the clinical profile of patients with epilepsy. Materials & Methods: 85 cases of epilepsy of both gendersreceived a full range of standard tests, including metabolic parameters such as blood urea nitrogen (BUN), fasting blood sugar (FBS), liver function test (LFT), serum calcium, serum phosphate, chest X-ray, CT scan/MRI brain including all sequences (plain and contrast), and interictal electroencephalography (EEG). Results: Out of 85 patients, males were 47 and females were 38. Number of seizures were 2 seizures in 7, 3-10 in 23 and >10 in 55 patients. Prodromal symptoms were no symptoms in 43, headache in 11, irritability in 16, giddiness in 21, restlessness in 27, anxiety in 4 and dreamy state in 12 patients. Clinical seizure type was tonic in 21, clonic in 14, tonic- clonic in 16, myoclonic in 18, atonic in 7 and myoclonic+ GTCS in 9 patients. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Majority of patients had no. of seizures >10. Common type was tonic, clonic, tonic- clonic and myoclonic seizures. |
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