Epilepsy patient case study

The patient reported the feeling of ‘being drunk’ between seizures. The patient also reported recently seeing her GP for treatment of stress and subsequent high blood pressure and was proscribed Ramipril. The patient has no known allergies and takes no other medication than her daily anti-Epilepsy drugs.

This essay should not be treated as an authoritative source of information when forming medical opinions as information may be inaccurate or out-of-date. Around fifty million people worldwide suffer from epilepsy, making seizures a common cause for patients to present to emergency departments for treatment (WHO, 2009).

Upon our arrival, although lethargic and slurring her words, the patient was able to explain to us that she was a known epileptic, taking medication daily but had not suffered a seizure for a number of years. The staff who had witnessed the event reported three consecutive, convulsive seizures, with the patient shaking and jerking violently.

Including both common and uncommon cases, Case Studies in Epilepsy reinforces the diagnostic skills and treatment decision-making processes necessary to treat epilepsy and other seizures confidently.