Publisher Summary Sleep patterns in women present different characteristics than in men. Menstrual cycle, puberty, menopause, and hormonal, emotional, and body heat changes emerging in pregnancy affect the sleep. Dynamic…
Publisher Summary This chapter examines the available evidence for treatment of epilepsy. Seizures are the most common neurologic problem encountered during pregnancy. Women who have epilepsy can safely have children…
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses pathophysiology; neuromuscular complications that result from pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum period; and pregnancy in a woman with an underlying neuromuscular disease. Neuromuscular diseases often…
Publisher Summary Postpartum angiopathy (PPA), a cerebral vasculopathy, is considered comparatively rare, but may be under-recognized. The diagnosis is made based on neurologic symptoms in the postpartum setting with documented…
Publisher Summary Women are at great risk of developing psychiatric disorders during their reproductive years of life (between ages 18 and 45 years). Therefore, a large number of women may…
Publisher Summary This chapter reviews latest studies concerning pregnancy and movement disorders. Pregnancy may uncover a pre-existing movement disorder tendency such as for the development of chorea, or pregnant patients…
Publisher Summary Pre-eclampsia and eclampsia are not distinct disorders but are differentiated according to the severity of the clinical symptoms. The mildest disorder in this continuum is pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH)….
Publisher Summary Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a chronic autoimmune disorder in which autoantibodies against the acetylcholine receptor (AChR Abs) at the neuromuscular junction impair neuromuscular transmission, causing weakness of skeletal…
Publisher Summary Headache is a common symptom, reported by more than 80% of women of childbearing age. Migraine is an episodic headache disorder with a 1-year prevalence of approximately 18%…
Publisher Summary Multiple sclerosis (MS) is the most common debilitating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) of young adults, with a prevalence of approximately 1 per 1000 in the…