Registered Mental Health Nurse at the Psychiatric Department of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital, Ms. Nelly Mensah, has disclosed the facility has record high cases of epilepsy.
According to her, in 2020, the hospital recorded 506 cases out of 2,006 patients screened with 204 males and 302 females.
Ms Mensah said other conditions of concern included; Schizophrenia, Delirium and Depression.
She explained that epilepsy is a chronic disorder that cause unprovoked and recurrent seizures due to some irregular activities in the brains.
Ms Mensah stated that epilepsy is fairly common neurological disorder that affect 65 million people around the world with several factors such as high fever, head trauma, low blood sugar and alcohol withdrawal causing the seizures.
She mentioned commonly reported triggers which are lack of sleep, illness or fever, stress, bright lights, caffeine, alcohol, medicines, or drugs, and skipping meals, overeating and allergy to specific food ingredients.
The rest are unusual sights, smells and sounds.
