Abstract
Objectives: To explore the preventable cause of epilepsy. Study Design: Cross
Sectional study. Setting: Monthly Epileptic Camp, Mujahid Hospital Madina Town & Psychiatry
OPD of Government General Hospital Ghulam Muhammad Abad, Faisalabad. Period: Jan to
December 2019. Material & Methods: 121 epileptic patients participated. A questionnaire
was developed. For the analysis of results descriptive statistics was used. Results: During the
prenatal period 50.2% mothers of patients had checkup by doctor, 40.6% of patients exposed
ultrasonic waves. Percentage of normal birth mode was 90.9 and 70.2% of participants born
at home. Among patients 89.3% were vaccinated. Daily functioning was disturbed in 29.8%,
academics disturbance was in 78.5% patients. Mental illness was present in 62% patients.
Mental and physical illness is same in both gender but age is significant risk factor. Conclusion:
Regarding the causes of epilepsy findings depicts that almost half of the patient’s mothers had
checkup during their pregnancy. A large number of participants had normal delivery at home.
Three fourth of the patients were vaccinated. Around two fourth of the patients had history of
physical illness during childhood, fewer patients had history of head injury and family history of
epilepsy. Epileptic patient’s cognitive functions and abstract thinking is impaired.
Nazia Nazir, Ahmad Ayaz Sabri, Nazir Ahmad, Muhammad Numan Akram, Hafiz Amjad Hussain , Amna Gulam Rasool. (2020) Epidemiological study of epilepsy in Faisalabad., The Professional Medical Journal, Volume 27, Issue 12.
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