- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
- 2 Pregnancy Safety and Termination
- 3 Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
- 4 Pregnancy Physiology
- 5 Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
- 6 Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease
- 7 Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
- 8 Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- 9 Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
- 10 Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
- 11 Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
- 12 Headache
- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
- 14 Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 15 Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 16 Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
- 17 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 18 Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
- 19 Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
- 20 Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- 21 Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
- 22 Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
- 23 Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
- 24 Neuromuscular Diseases
- 25 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
- 26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
- 27 Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
- 28 Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
- 29 Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
- 30 Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
- 31 Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
- 32 Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
- 33 Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
- 34 Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
- 35 Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Index
(p. 185) Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- Chapter:
- (p. 185) Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- Author(s):
Trenton Tollefson
, and Lynn Liu
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780190667351.003.0020
Epilepsy is the fourth most common neurologic disorder behind migraine, stroke, and Alzheimer’s disease. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) data estimates about 3.4 million people in the United States have active epilepsy. Approximately 1 million women of childbearing age in the United States have epilepsy, and about 2 to 5 infants of 1000 pregnancies are born to mothers with epilepsy. Therefore, providers should consider additional aspects of epilepsy care unique to women with epilepsy (WWE) of childbearing age such as planning for and care during pregnancy; concern how epilepsy may affect pregnancy and how pregnancy may impact seizure control. Fortunately, more than 90% of pregnant WWE will give birth to healthy infants. Providers should maintain these important items in mind when caring for a WWE of child-bearing age. This chapter focuses on the effects of pregnancy on seizures and the effects of seizures on pregnancy in pregnant WWE.
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- Foreword
- Contributors
- 1 General Approach to Pregnancy Care in the Neurologic Patient
- 2 Pregnancy Safety and Termination
- 3 Contraception Options in Neurologic Disease
- 4 Pregnancy Physiology
- 5 Fetal Imaging for the Neurologist
- 6 Prenatal Genetics for Women with Neurology Disease
- 7 Radiation Exposure and Neuroimaging During Pregnancy
- 8 Cognitive Changes in Pregnancy
- 9 Principles of Reproductive Healthcare in Chronic Neurologic Disease
- 10 Immune-mediated Disorders of the Central Nervous System
- 11 Neurologic Infections in Pregnancy
- 12 Headache
- 13 Traumatic Brain Injury and Pregnancy
- 14 Ischemic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 15 Hemorrhagic Stroke Management in Pregnancy
- 16 Management of Intracranial Vascular Lesions During Pregnancy
- 17 Cerebral Venous Thrombosis
- 18 Brain Tumors in Pregnancy
- 19 Movement Disorders in Pregnancy
- 20 Pregnancy and Epilepsy
- 21 Seizure Medications Effects on Fetus, Neonate, and Lactation
- 22 Postpartum Care for Women with Epilepsy
- 23 Sleep Disorders and Pregnancy
- 24 Neuromuscular Diseases
- 25 Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Pregnancy
- 26 Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy in Pregnancy
- 27 Entrapment Neuropathy and Pregnancy
- 28 Neurocutaneous Disorders in Pregnancy
- 29 Spinal Cord Injury in Pregnancy
- 30 Inherited Metabolic Diseases (IMDs) and Pregnancy
- 31 Approach to Delivery in the Patient with Neurologic Disease
- 32 Anesthetic Considerations for Neurologic Patients
- 33 Neurologic Complications in Obstetric Anesthesia
- 34 Perinatal Depression in Neurological Disease and Disability
- 35 Breastfeeding in the Context of Neurological Disorders
- Index