1Assistant Professor, Physiology Department Glocal Medical College Sup. Hospital & Research Centre, Mirzapurpole, (Saharanpur)
2Professor & Head, Physiology Department Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
3Professor & Head, Neurology Department Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Jolly Grant, Dehradun, U.K.
4Professor & Head, Neurology Department Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Online published on 19 January, 2018.
Neurocysticercosis is the most common parasitic disease of the nervous system in humans and the single most common cause of acquired epileptic seizures in the developing world. The interaction between seizures and the autonomic nervous system is very complex and is likely to be multifactorial, involving both the sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions.
To evaluate interictal autonomic functions in patients with epilepsy secondary to neurocysticercosis, a potentially eradicable disease in our country.
A case control study was carried out in Physiology and Neurology departments of Christian Medical College & Hospital, Ludhiana.
Fifty patients with previously diagnosed epilepsy secondary to neurocysticercosis were included in the study along with fifty healthy control subjects. After taking a history of the epileptic disorder and its treatment were subjected to cardiovascular function.
We have analyzed data using ANOVA, students ‘t’ test and Chi square test.
The present study suggests that in patients of neurocysticercosis, in the interictal period, the cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction is primarily parasympathetic in nature with sparing of sympathetic functions.
neurocysticercosis, sphygmomanometer (Diamond), ECG machine, epilepsy, interictal autonomic function tests
