Treatment is complicated for anyone with epilepsy, but especially so for women, with pregnancy, family planning, and health concerns such as osteoporosis all affecting the treatment that may be best for any one woman. Fortunately, many options are available, and epilepsy does not have to prevent a woman from leading a fulfilling life or having a healthy pregnancy.
In our second Women’s Health in Neurology interview, Krystal Sully, MD, talks about these and other issues relating to women and epilepsy, including how hormone changes during various life stages influence seizures, how women and their providers can work together to make decisions about treatment, and how greater access to information is reducing gender bias in research in the field.