Abstract
Epilepsy is considered as a stigma in our society, and PWE’s have to face many social issues. This becomes more prominent among those who are in marriageable age. In this paper21 PWE were interviewed who attended an outpatient epilepsy clinic at a secondary-level hospital in Northwest India between 01.01.2015 and 31.03.2015 formed the case material for this study. Some cases were deeply interrogated and it was found that all of them faced certain kind of social problems while suffering from epilepsy. Half of respondentssaid that main social problem faced by them was related to marriage. Many of the epilepsy patient denied the fact of having epilepsy with their future partner . They also denied of revealing them about taking ADE’S. it was found that PWE’s face many social and psychological problems while marriage negotiations and even after marriage.
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