Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices with Respect to Epilepsy among Nurses in the City of Niamey, Niger.

 The aim of this study is to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices about epilepsy among nurses in the city of Niamey, Niger, to identify existing gaps in their knowledge concerning epilepsy to formulate recommendations to improve the quality of care for people with epilepsy.  We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional survey on epilepsy knowledge among nurses in the city of Niamey, using a self-administered questionnaire including questions related to knowledge about epilepsy.  A total of 98 nurses (29 men and 69 women) were included in the survey.

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices with respect to epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey, Niger.

Objective: We aimed firstly to evaluate knowledge, attitudes, and practices about epilepsy among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey and secondly to formulate targeted sensitization messages for these teachers.

Materials And Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among primary and secondary school teachers in the city of Niamey, capital of Niger, using a self-administered questionnaire including questions related to knowledge, attitudes, and practices about epilepsy.

Results: One hundred and forty-five (145) teachers aged 27-69 (mean age: 39.

Clinical and Etiological Characteristics of Epilepsy in the Elderly: A Hospital-Based Study from a Tertiary Care Referral Center of Niamey, Niger.

The aim of this study is to evaluate the management of epilepsy in the elderly at a tertiary referral center in Niger to obtain a comprehensive understanding to determine the intrahospital deficiencies to improve and to make recommendations in terms to improve the management of epilepsy in the elderly in Niger. We conducted a retrospective study at the Neurology Outpatient Clinic of the National Hospital of Niamey (Niger) over a period of 5 years from May 2013 to May 2018, collecting all cases of patients aged 60 years or over diagnosed with epilepsy by neurologists. From the registers of consultation, we collected and analyzed for each patient the demographic, clinical, etiological, and therapeutic data, as well as the outcomes during follow-up visits.

Clinical and etiological characteristics of epilepsy in people from Niger: a hospital-based study from a tertiary care referral center of Niamey, Niger.

Objectives: Epilepsy constitutes a major public health concern in the world particularly in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan African countries. We designed this study to evaluate epilepsy management at a tertiary referral center in Niger to obtain a comprehensive understanding to determine the intrahospital deficiencies to improve and to make recommendations in terms to improve epilepsy management in Niger.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study at the Neurology Outpatient Clinic of the National Hospital of Niamey (Niger) between May 2013 and May 2018 (5 years), collecting all cases of patients diagnosed with epilepsy by the neurologists.

Hurler-Scheie syndrome in Niger: a case series.

Background: Hurler-Scheie syndrome is an intermediate form of mucopolysaccharidosis type I which is a rare lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency or complete absence of enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase activity. We report the first documented cases of Hurler-Scheie syndrome observed in Niger in a Touareg family.

Case Presentation: We studied the case of two 12-year-old twin Touareg boys and their 10-year-old Touareg sister whose parents are first-degree cousins, and there was no history of similar cases in their previous generations.

Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome in Niger: A retrospective case series.

Objective: To report the demographic, clinical and paraclinical characteristics as well as the outcomes during follow-up visits of HHE syndrome in Niger.

Patients And Methods: It was a retrospective study conducted at the Neurology Outpatient Clinic of the National Hospital of Niamey (Niger) between May 2003 and May 2018.

Results: During the period of study, 882 patients with epilepsy aged 20 years or less were seen in consultation among whom we collected 22 cases of HHE syndrome with a hospital prevalence of 2.

Clinical Profile of Parkinson's Disease: Experience of Niger.

Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative pathology with unknown etiology. It is characterized clinically by the classic triad that associated tremors, bradykinesia, and rigidity. In Niger, there are no data on PD.

Prevalence and characteristics of chronic pain: Experience of Niger.

Introduction: Chronic pain is a major health problem, considered as a disease in its own right. The prevalence of chronic pain is estimated to be between 2% and 40% in adult populations. In Niger, there are no data on chronic pain.

[A treatment of neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease) during pregnancy].

Neuromyelitis optica (Devic's disease) is an inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system that mainly affects spinal cord, optic nerve and brain regions with high aquaporin 4 antigen expression. This is a severe autoimmune disease caused by autoantibodies directed against aquaporin 4 and associated with high morbidity and mortality. Unlike other inflammatory conditions such as multiple sclerosis or rheumatoid polyarthritis, pregnancy does not seem to influence the activity of neuromyelitis optica, hence the need for a thorough treatment during pregnancy.