Abstract:
The clinical observation of the relationship between epileptic seizure and the menstruation of women, lead to a common belief that seizures, sometimes, occur more frequently in relationship to menstrual cycle. Catamenial epilepsy is considered as a menstrual cycle-related seizure disorder and is characterized by an increase in seizures during particular phases of the menstrual cycle. The relationship between seizures exacerbation and cerebral discharges is less elucidate and is controversial.
Corelaţia dintre crizele epileptice şi perioada ciclului menstrual la femei a dedus idea unui caracter mai ritmic al crizelor în dependenţă de faza menstruaţiei.. Epilepsia catamenială este definită ca o disfuncţie dependentă de faza ciclului menstrual şi se caracterizată printr-o majorare a ritmicităţii crizelor pe parcursul anumitor perioade a menstruaţiei. Corelaţia dintre exacerbările crizelor şi descărcărilor cerebrale este controversat şi neelocvent.
