Brochures

The Epilepsy Support and The Information Center distributes a variety of educational brochures on epilepsy. Printed in the Arabic Language, these brochures are made available on request to individuals with epilepsy and their families, as well as to requesting Health Care Professionals. The information on this page is intended as a guide, particularly for non-Arabic speaking Health Care Professionals, to provide them with a basic understanding of the content on each available brochure. 

Suitable for Primary Health care Providers or medical students, This booklet provides fundamental information about Epilepsy in a question and answer format.  Topics discussed range from the medical aspects of Epilepsy such as diagnosis, treatment, and appropriate First Aid techniques, to the social implications of Epilepsy, such as living and working with Epilepsy, and the types of people who live with Epilepsy.  The booklet also discusses briefly other disorders associated with Epilepsy.  This particular booklet is written with the healthcare provider in mind, but a similar pamphlet entitled “Questions and Answers about Epilepsy” is available for use by patients

Pregnancy can be a frightening and exciting time for any woman, but especially so for women living with epilepsy.  This guide provides essential information for achieving a safe pregnancy and delivering a healthy baby.  Serving to relieve unnecessary anxiety, the guide discusses planning a pregnancy, the event of seizures during pregnancy, using medication during pregnancy and the possibility of birth defects, and safe labor and delivery.  The guide further addresses postnatal concerns such as breast feeding, taking care of mother and child after birth, and teaching a young child about his or her mother’s Epilepsy

This pamphlet discusses the occurrence of febrile seizures in children between the ages of six months and four years.  It describes the condition, its cause, the chance of reoccurrence, and how febrile seizures differ from Epilepsy.  The pamphlet tries to relieve unnecessary anxieties that parents might have about complications caused by febrile seizures.  Advice is provided about proper action to take in the event of a febrile seizure and how parents should monitor their child’s condition

This pamphlet explains Epilepsy in terms a child can understand.  It serves as a guide to teach children living with epilepsy about their disorder, and ways to make their lives as healthy as possible.  Activities are included to help children remember the name of the kind of seizure that they exhibit, the name of their medication and how it is to be used properly, and also appropriate first aid techniques to employ in the event of a seizure.

H12 folding cards that individually describe the proper use of theH12 available drugs used for treating Epilepsy.  Each card details the drug’s side effects, what to do if a dose is missed, and appropriate First Aid techniques.  A dosage chart is printed on every card, and the cards fold for convenient carrying in an individual’s wallet or purse