Confirmation of Epilepsy in Soldiers Refered for Discharge from Military Serving

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Introduction. Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, which afflicts about 1%-2% of people in the world. The diagnosis of epilepsy is of special importance since it affects different aspects of life. It’s also crucial from the point of security in soldiers who may exempt from the draft due to proved epilepsy. In this study confirmation of epilepsy in soldiers has been assessed.Material and Method. Here is a retrospective survey on 113 soldiers who have claimed to suffer from epilepsy and been admitted to Baqiyatallah hospital from 1996 to 2003. The data were gathered by the aid of questionnaire provided on the basis of valid references and the opinion of psychologist. This also includes personal information, types of episodes, EEG, Psychological consult and final diagnosis. Data analyzed with SPSS 11 Software.Results. The mean age of the patients was 20±2 within the range of 19-25 years old. The mean duration of hospitalization was 8±2 days while 57% of patients were hospitalized between 6-10 days. By this survey the frequency of epilepsy is 57.1%. The most common diagnosis was generalized and tonic- clonic seizure. The often diagnosis are following: Pseudoseizure (12%), depression (9%), headache (5%), syncope (0.9%), no problem (8%) and no diagnosis (8%).Discussion. Because epilepsy is a life threatening disease and diagnosis needed to mobile monitoring especially in soldiers, we considered to health center of military to make new facilities for diagnosis of epilepsy.

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Journal of Military Medicine
Volume 7, Issue 3 - Serial Number 21
September and October 2005
Pages 199-202

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