Epilepsy: A manual for Medical and Clinical Officers in Africa
This manual has been prepared to help those people (medical officers, clinical officers and nurses) who are responsible for the primary health care of these patients and who may be working in the rural areas. As early treatment of convulsions and of epilepsy is very important, it is essential to start correct treatment immediately. But in order to be able to start this treatment, the doctor or clinical officer needs to know the causes of the seizures and epilepsy, what type of seizure and epilepsy the patient has, and which drug should be used.
