Epilepsy affects women differently. Their hormonal and menstrual cycles, pregnancy, menopause all of those life stages are affected by epilepsy. New study comforting for women who need to take anti epilepsy medicine during their pregnancy. Previous studies have shown that anti-epilepsy medicine may lead to congenital malformations in the fetus and that the use of anti-epilepsy medicine during pregnancy affects the development of the brain among the children. There is still a lack of knowledge in the area about the general health of children who are exposed to anti-epilepsy medicine in fetal life. These are the findings of the first Danish study of the correlation between anti-epilepsy medicine and the general health of the child which has been carried out by the Research Unit for General Practice, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital.
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