Abstract
Co- Relation of Domestic Violence and Epileptic Seizure (“Fit”) Experience among Recently Married Women Residing Inslums Communities’ Pharmaceutical Institutions in Pune District, India
Highlights
IntroductionThe exact cause is not known. Some people have inherited genetic factors that make epilepsy more likely to occur
In many cases, the exact cause is not known
What a patient with epilepsy experiences during a seizure will depend on which part of the brain is affected, and how widely and quickly it spreads from that area
Summary
The exact cause is not known. Some people have inherited genetic factors that make epilepsy more likely to occur. Women who experience IPV have higher odds of depression, anxiety and other mental health disorders, [1] sexually transmitted infections including HIV [2] chronic pain disorders and gynaecologic morbidity among other chronic disease states lead the epileptic seizure (“fit”). Their children suffer from greater symptom of epilepsy morbidity and mortality. In India, national estimates suggest decreasing frequency, one in three women still report having been abused by their spouses during their lifetime This figure is likely an underestimate of the abuse women suffer post-epileptic seizer or other members of the husband’s family, hereafter termed domestic violence (DV).
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