Perceptions about Epilepsy in the Limpopo Province of the Republic of South Africa
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| Field | Value | |
| Title | Perceptions about Epilepsy in the Limpopo Province of the Republic of South Africa | |
| Creator | Mangena-Netshikweta, ML | |
| Description | In rural African communities, there are widespread beliefs that epilepsy is due to possession of bewitchment by evil spirits or the devil. There is also a belief that the transmission of the disease is by physical contact, such as by saliva (Osuntokun 1990:106). In central Africa, as well as in Sub-Saharan Africa, epilepsy is attributed to the presence of a lizard in the brain, and epileptic fits occur whenever the lizard moves ( Haddock 1993:118 ; Nyame 1997:143 ). Such perceptions toward epilepsy and a person with epilepsy, in indigenous Africa, are invariably unfavourable and unfounded as they reflect mythical beliefs about the disease. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2003-09-28 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/curationis.v26i4.877 | |
| Source | Curationis; Vol 26, No 4 (2003); 51-56 2223-6279 0379-8577 | |
| Language | eng | |
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