Volume : IX, Issue : VIII, August - 2019

CORRELATION OF EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN WITH FAMILY HISTORY OF EPILEPSY

Dr Nidhi Gupta, Dr Arvind Kumar Mittal

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INTRODUCTION : Epilepsy is an important health problem in developing countries. The unpredictability of seizure recurrence is a constant threat to the patient with epilepsy and his or her family. The risk of premature death in people with epilepsy is two to three times higher than it is for the general population. Interaction of various genetic, environmental and physiological factors gives rise to epilepsy AIM/OBJECTIVE:– To find out the correlation of epilepsy in children with family history of epilepsy. And To evaluate the importance of family history in an epileptic child. MATERIAL & METHOD:– All children between age of 1 month to 18 years with two or more unprovoked seizures attending the paediatrics emergency and OPD of SAMC & PGI in 1½ year duration were enrolled in the study. Detailed history and clinical examination was done for all the patients included in the study. RESULT:– In our study, History of epilepsy in family was found to be positive in 8.33% of the patients which was significant for occurance of epilepsy in children. CONCLUSION:– The study shows a positive correlation of family history with the epilepsy occurance in children.

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CORRELATION OF EPILEPSY IN CHILDREN WITH FAMILY HISTORY OF EPILEPSY, Dr NIDHI GUPTA, Dr Arvind kumar Mittal INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-8 | August-2019

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