This is an article from the Safe Pregnancy in Epilepsy patient guide. Seizure medications can cause birth defects. It is important to choose one of the seizure medications safe in pregnancy. The safest antiepileptic in pregnancy needs to be carefully selected for each woman. It needs to minimize both seizures and birth defects. Valproate has […]
What are the Parkinson’s Plus Syndromes? It is best to think of the Parkinson’s Plus syndromes as the sisters of Parkinson’s disease. Although many diseases are similar to Parkinson’s disease, the changes they produce and their symptoms are slightly different. It’s why we think of these diseases as the sisters of Parkinson’s disease. Another name
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1) It is not magic DBS is not a magic solution or a miracle cure. 2) Expected benefits It leads to increased ON-time (4-6 hours on average) and decreased severity of symptoms during the OFF time. However, even after DBS many patients will still experience fluctuations and OFF-times. 3) Non-motor benefits DBS may also cause
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This is an article from the Safe Pregnancy in Epilepsy patient guide. Women with Epilepsy can have seizures during pregnancy. Having seizures while pregnant can hurt the baby & mother. It is incorrect to say that pregnancy triggers seizures. But seizures can increase due to 5 important causes of seizures in pregnancy. It is imporant to know
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Deep Brain Stimulation cost in India varies between Rs.12 lakh to Rs. 16 lakh. Most of the cost variation is based on the DBS device used. A rough breakup of the minimum cost is as follows: Expense Approximate cost (INR) Approximate cost (USD) Pre-operative evaluation Rs. 50,000 $ 680 DBS Device (Activa-PC) Rs. 7.6 lakh
This is an article from the Safe Pregnancy in Epilepsy patient guide. Epilepsy does not decrease fertility. But Epilepsy medications can affect fertility. Epilepsy medications can affect the reproductive system in women. Some medications like valproate can cause PCOD. Epilepsy medications can cause temporary problems in getting pregnant. Some epilepsy medications can decrease sperm counts. However,
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DBS surgery risks & Deep Brain Stimulation side effects are relatively low. It is very easy to think only about the risks of the surgery itself. But the DBS surgery risk is relatively minor, and described below. A few weeks after the DBS surgery, the DBS electrical current is switched on. The current decreases Parkinson’s Disease
Deep Brain Stimulation Success rate for Parkinson’s disease is excellent. According to Medtronic’s data, 85-90% of patients have significant improvement after DBS. DBS does not reduce all symptoms equally. It reduces some symptoms more than others. In most cases: DBS reduces the major symptoms of shaking, stiffness and slowness. Patients walk faster. However, DBS does not reduce imbalance. DBS