Abstract

Objective: Epilepsy is one of the most important problems in neurology. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between dairy products and seizures of the epileptic children based on their mothers' experience. Materials & Methods: In a descriptive-analytic study, mothers' experience regarding the relationship between dairy products and seizures of their children was evaluated via a questionnaire. This research was done in the pediatric neurology clinic of Shaheed Sadoughi Medical Sciences University-Yazd-Iran in 2007. Results: One hundred and forty eight mothers with an age range of 17-52 years (mea ± SD: 31.6 ± 6.6 years) were evaluated. Their children were 58.5 boys an 41.5 girls with an age range of 1-18 years (mean ± SD: 6.6 ± 4.2 years). reported in educated mothers. Conclusion: Parent education on the diet of their epileptic children is necessary. On the other hand, extracting of suspicious food ingredients and testing them on animal models, should be done by other researches.