Epilepsy

• Epilepsy awareness: Is it a mental disorder?

  
  2 weeks ago
  Epilepsy is not a mental illness; most people living with epilepsy have no cognitive or psychological problem

• Society’s view on Epilepsy: Children silently suffering while hidden away in homes

  
  4 weeks ago
  Extent to which culture is a factor in people’s understanding of disability appears to be mediated by exposure to people with different disabilities

• Psychosocial implications of Epilepsy

  
  1 month ago
  Social attitudes towards epilepsy cause more distress to the patient and his/her near and dear ones, than the disease itself.

• Puzzle as Form Two student dies in dormitory

  
  2 months ago
  Tension has gripped The Sacred Heart Girls High School Mukumu after a Form Two student died mysteriously in the dormitory.

• Main man: Fredrick Beuchi walked for 482 kilometres to raise awareness about epilepsy

  
  2 months ago
  I would look for a place to sleep. I had three T-shirts written ‘Angaza Kifafa’. I would wash the T-shirt I had worn for the day and change.

• Epilepsy Awareness: Beuchi’s 480Km Walk for Epilepsy Awareness Kenya

  
  3 months ago
  During the walk significant stops will be made in different towns to share the message of what Epilepsy is all about.

• Epilepsy and pregnancy: What you need to know

  
  3 months ago
  All women's bodies react differently to pregnancy. For most pregnant women who have epilepsy, seizures remain the same.

• Police impound bhang valued at Sh5 million

  
  4 months ago
  The bhang from Tanzania was being transported to Mombasa.

• Seizure triggers: Did you know that your favourite music could trigger epileptic seizures?

  
  4 months ago
  Naturally, having musicogenic seizures can easily lead to a constant fear of having a seizure and, consequently, to musicophobia.

• Seizure triggers: Alcohol triggers Epileptic seizures

  
  4 months ago
  The neurologist informed me that alcohol can trigger a seizure. Alcohol makes you dehydrated and alcohol withdrawal can trigger a seizure the next day

• Fake epilepsy medicines on sale in Kenya- survey

  
  4 months ago
  Kenya Medical Research Institute found that most of the substandard medicines are imported from China and India.

• Seizure triggers: All about the Photosensitive Epilepsy

  
  4 months ago
  Triggers for seizures are not the same as causes for epilepsy. A trigger for someone to have their first seizure may be a stressful situation.

• The moving story Zipporah Kituli, a Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) victim

  
  5 months ago
  I suffered Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES) due to sexual assault trauma and the stress of living with a chronic illnesses

• Types of Epilepsy: Childhood Absence Epilepsy

  
  5 months ago
  “nobody understood me and I always lived in fear…... but I don’t know how this problem disappeared, I just found myself not having it

• Rights for People with Epilepsy that everyone should know about

  
  6 months ago
  People with epilepsy are among the most vulnerable in society not only because of the condition itself, but also due to the stigma

• Awareness: Everything you need to know about Epilepsy and where to go in case you are affected

  
  6 months ago
  Epilepsy affects over 69 million people worldwide

• Medication Adherence Key to Epilepsy Treatment

  
  9 months ago
  Adherence to medication is crucial in preventing or minimizing seizures and their cumulative impact on everyday life

• My epileptic sister healed my porn addiction- The Story of Fredrick Mboya

  
  9 months ago
  It goes back to the time I was in class 8 when we sneaked to local “video shop” after sneaking out

• Let’s fight stigma linked to epilepsy as day is marked

  
  9 months ago
  As per the Kenya National Guidelines for the Management of epilepsy, 70 million people worldwide are estimated to have epilepsy

• Bridging the epilepsy treatment gap

  
  11 months ago
  In my final round of Epilepsy Awareness visits for schools and community groups, I had become familiar with the question “Je kifafa ina tiba?” (Is Epilepsy curable?). The question would come immediately I was introduced to speak