ISSN 2736-1748
African Journal of AIDS and HIV Research ISSN 2736-1748 Vol. 12 (6), pp. 001-005, June, 2024. Available online at www.internationalscholarsjournals.org © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Exploring the Frequency and Etiology of Epilepsy among Sudanese AIDS patients
Abbashar Hussein*, Amira Sidig and Mohmad Malk Aldar
Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, P. O. Box 102 Khartoum, Sudan.
Accepted 19 April, 2024
Abstract
The aim of this study was to describe the prevalence of epilepsy among Sudanese AIDS patients and to study the underlying causes and types of epilepsy. About 700 AIDS patients where included in this cross sectional hospital based study. Almost 5.71% of the patients had epilepsy and 50% of them had generalized convulsion. Encephalitis was found to be the commonest cause of epilepsy followed by meningitis, brain abscess, CNS lymphoma and toxoplasmosis. The EEGs showed abnormal discharge in 28 patients (70%). AIDS is a great mimicker. It can be present in almost any neurological manifestation. Epilepsy is not an uncommon neurological manifestation associated with AIDS.
Key words: AIDS, epilepsy, Sudanese patients.