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Abstract Childhood epilepsy is one of the most important and prevalent Neurological condition in developing countries. Patients with childhood onset epilepsy are at a high risk of poor psychosocial boutcomes even without experiencing co-morbidities. Also children with epilepsy are at greater risk of having injuries of all sorts including bums, falls and drowning. The impact of epilepsy on an individual is a combination of physical consequences of the seizure, the effect on the social position, and the physiological outcome or both of them. Furthermore, not only the person with epilepsy but also the family and indirectly the community are affected. |