Evaluation of Adult Onset Epilepsy and History of Childhood Febrile Seizures: An Institutional Study
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical Research Professionals - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: One of the common types of pathology associated with childhoods is the occurrence of febrile seizures. With the exception of some developing countries, causing of brain damage by the occurrence of febrile seizures (FS) is a common phenomenon. One of the most common diseases of the nervous system in the elderly is Epilepsy. Due to inheritance of a low seizure threshold, genetic predisposition has been observed in children with FS, for the occurrence of convulsions in association with fever. Hence; we planned the present study to assess the correlation between history of childhood FS and adult-onset epilepsy. Materials & Methods: We assessed a total of 100 patients presenting with history of adult- onset unprovoked seizures. Collection of the detailed history of past and present illness of the patient was done. Personal interviewing of the patients was done for confirming the data in relation to childhood FS of all the patients. Patients were grouped into localized, generalized and undetermined epilepsy as very small number of patients represented with different types of epilepsy. Data records of all the patients were recorded and analyzed. Results: The mean age of the patients included in the present study was 18.5 years. 36 patients were found to have Epilepsy syndrome with prior FS. In males, significantly higher incidence of positive history of FS was seen in comparison to females. 22 patients showed the presence of partial seizures while temporal lobe epilepsies were present in 16 patients. Generalized epilepsies and Extra-temporal were seen in 10 and 5 patients respectively. Conclusion: Significant correlation exists between occurrence of partial epilepsies and history of febrile seizures.
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Reshma Dutt (Saha)
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- DOI 10.21276/ijmrp.2017.3.3.021
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