Second, this study might inadvertently include children and adolescents with
febrile seizures. However, because
febrile seizures usually occur in children aged 6 months-5 years (7), limiting analyses to children and adolescents aged 6-17 years should have excluded almost all children with
febrile seizures.
While the pathogenesis is unknown, it may be related to prior infection or
febrile seizures as a child.
Several animal models have been developed to investigate the pathogenesis of
febrile seizures and their consequences [16, 17].
The relationship between paraclinical findings of first
febrile seizure and recurrence of seizure.
From DNHR we obtained information on parental diagnosis of epilepsy and
febrile seizure, maternal diagnosis of preeclampsia/eclampsia (ICD-8: 637.03-637.19 and ICD-10: O14-O15.0) and diabetes (iCD-8: 249.00-250.09 and ICD-10: E10.0-E14.9 and O24-O24.9) and child diagnosis of cerebral palsy (ICD-8: 343.99 and 344.99 and ICD-10: G80-80.9) and congenital malformations (ICD-8: 740.99-759.99 and ICD10: Q00-Q99).
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Febrile seizures associated with a vaccine can decrease parent and provider confidence in vaccine safety," the pediatrician noted.
Ojha and Aryal reported fever with seizures in 75.5% of cases with
febrile seizures as the most common etiology [20].
The
febrile seizure is quite common in childhood but still it is extremely frightening, anxiety provoking and emotionally disturbing in those parents who witness the episode1.
Childhood vaccines and
febrile seizures. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccine-safety/concerns/febrile-seizures.html.
GABAergic excitation after
febrile seizures induces ectopic granule cells and adult epilepsy.
In our study the main cause of
febrile seizure was viral fever among cases followed by respiratory tract infections, urinary tract infection and gluteal abscess with similar kind of findings noticed in Seema Pravin Soni et al.