General about epilepsy

Question 1

Prevalence of epilepsy in pregnancy

Answer 1

0.5–1%

Question 2

Risk of death in epilepsy

Answer 2

10 fold increase

Question 3

Epilepsy and Low risk pregnancy

Answer 3

• Women who have remained seizure-free for at least 10 years (with the last 5 years off AEDs)
• Women with a childhood epilepsy syndrome who have reached adulthood seizure- and
  treatment-free are considered no longer to have epilepsy