Monday, March 31, 2008

Recurrent febrile seizures easily?

Convulsion is systemic or local group sudden involuntary muscle contraction, accompanied disturbance of consciousness, the nervous system functions such temporary disorder, nerve cells abnormal discharge phenomenon, the central nervous system are mostly the result of excessive sexual impulses cause can be due to peripheral neuromuscular stimulation The lower threshold, such as low intracellular calcium in the blood caused. The incidence of seizures in children are adults 10 to 15 times, and febrile seizures is the most febrile seizures in children caused one of the main causes of children under 5 years of age statistics, 2 to 4 percent had high fever convulsion. Often recurrent febrile seizures, after the initial seizure, and about 25% to 40% (average 33%) of infants in subsequent seizure occurs when heat STD recurrence. In febrile seizures in children, 1 / 3 of a second convulsion, of which 1 / 2 a third attack. A total of nine percent or more of the recurrence rate. Therefore forecast will recurrence of febrile seizures judge the prognosis is very important. Recurrence of forecasts are based mainly on the age of onset. In the initial attack within the one-year-old children with the highest recurrence rate, about 1 / 2 cases will relapse. If it is another complex febrile seizures, a family history of epilepsy, recurrent opportunities. Recurrence occurred in the initial febrile seizures within 2 years after.

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