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1 day ago · Definition: Febrile seizures are seizures that occur during a fever, typically when a child’s body temperature rises rapidly. They are usually characterized by convulsions or shaking of the body ...
1 day ago · CONCLUSIONS. The SARS-CoV-2 virus should be considered a causative agent of seizures in children, both in those with a history of seizures and in those with their first episode of febrile or afebrile seizures. We observed an increase in seizures in our pediatric patients with COVID‐19 related to the omicron variant.
3 days ago · June 30, 2010 — Infants aged 12 to 23 months have about double the risk of developing a febrile seizure for 7 to 10 days after being vaccinated with the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) combination vaccine compared with those receiving separate MMR and varicella vaccines, according to a new study.
4 days ago · Febrile seizures are convulsions predominately occurring in young children. The effects of various exposomes, including influenza infection and external environmental factors, on febrile seizures have not been well-studied. In this study, we elucidated the relationships between ambient temperature, air pollutants, influenza infection, and febrile seizures using 22-year territory-wide ...
5 days ago · Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data. Status epilepticus is an acute and prolonged seizure that persists for a sufficient length of time or is repeated frequently enough that recovery between attacks does not occur. It is a clinical emergency associated with high morbidity and mortality.
4 days ago · Febrile seizures are reported as well. 3–5 Rare genetic syndromes marked by segmental, rather than generalized, overgrowth are also associated with intellectual disability and seizures. For that reason, we have chosen to include segmental overgrowth syndromes in our summary ( Table 1 ).
5 days ago · Although Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccinations are generally recommended for persons with epilepsy (PwE), a significant vaccination gap remains due to patient concerns over the risk of post-vaccination seizure aggravation (PVSA). In this single-centre, retrospective cohort study, we aimed to determine the early (7-day) and delayed (30-day) risk of PVSA, and to identify clinical ...
