Uncontrolled Seizures In Women

Although epilepsy tends to have an effect on men much more than women, women with epilepsy tend to experience seizures more often than men and women's seizures are expected to be uncontrolled. Epilepsy is a disorder of which you have unprovoked seizures. The scientist from my article established that when epileptic animal models were given ethinyl estradiol, they not only had more frequent seizures, but the seizures were more likely to be uncontrolled. Reddy stated, “Controlled seizures don't tend to leave lasting damage, but uncontrolled seizures originate deeper in the brain." Uncontrolled seizures can cause brain injury, such as nerve cell death. These scientists surveyed women with epilepsy and established that those using birth control
pills reported 4.5 times more seizures than those that did not use the pills.