CURRENT VIEWS ON EPILEPSY IN PREGNANCY
Keywords:
epilepsy, pregnancy, labour, eclampsia, teratogenesisAbstract
Epilepsy is not a condition that prevents pregnancy and childbirth. With complete control of seizures, a physiological pregnancy and delivery is possible. There are a number of factors that should be considered by the epileptologist, general practitioner, gynaecologist, geneticist, obstetrician and paediatrician who will observe the infant being born. The ability to have children in women with epilepsy is reduced on average by a factor of 2 compared to the general population. This is due to both social and organic causes. Antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) can disrupt the functions of the endocrine system and provoke the development of sexual disorders (hypo- or hypersexuality), obesity, hypothyroidism, polycystic ovaries, delayed sexual development, menstrual dysfunction and ovulation disorders. The article considers the peculiarities of management of pregnant women suffering from epilepsy.
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