A Prospective Study to Determine the most Prevalent Seizure Type and the Age Group Involved in Epilepsy
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
Introduction: Epilepsy is a neurological phenomenon rather than a single disease entity. Its incidence varies between 0.3-0.5%. Incidence of acute symptomatic seizure is twice in men as compared to women. The present study was conducted to determine the most prevalent seizure type and the most common age group affected Material and methods: In the present study 100 patients who were above 18 years of age and had new onset seizures were included. A through history and complete examination of patients were done. The age of presentation and type of seizure were noted. Various investigations were performed. SPSS software was used for analysis. Results: Majority of the males belonged to 7th decade of life and females to 3rd decade of life. The male to female ratio was 1.85:1. Most common type of seizures in our study was generalised tonic clonic seizure. Conclusion: seizure disorders show a bimodal distribution and males are more frequently involved than females.
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Pradeep N, Jithendra Halambar C
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