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Washington, November 19
People inflamed with covid are 55% more likely to develop seizures or epilepsy within six months of recovering from the illness than those with the flu and the risk is more noticeable in children than adults, according to a study.
The risk of seizures or epilepsy was also more evident in other people who did not want hospitalization for COVID-19, according to the study published in the journal Neurology.
For the study, researchers looked at a network of fitness records of other people inflamed with COVID-19. They were compared to other people who were diagnosed with influenza at the same time and were similar in terms of age, sex, and other factors, such as other medical conditions.
There were 1,52,754 more people on the COVID-19 and flu teams.
According to the study, new cases of epilepsy or seizures were seen in 0. 94% of other people with COVID-19, compared to 0. 60% of those with influenza.
“The overall risk of seizures or epilepsy was low, in less than 1% of other people who became inflamed with COVID-19. However, given the large number of other people who contracted covid-19, this could lead to a fairly large number of cases of seizures and epilepsy,” said examiner Arjune Sen of the University of Oxford.
“In addition, the increased risk of seizures and epilepsy in children gives us another explanation for why trying to avoid COVID-19 infections in children,” he said, adding, “People interpret those findings with caution because the overall risk is low. “
“However, we propose that health professionals pay special attention to other people who possibly have more sophisticated features of seizures, such as conscious focal seizures, in which other people are alert and aware of what is happening, especially in the 3 months following a less intense seizure. Severe COVID-19 infection.
None of the study participants had previously been diagnosed with epilepsy or recurrent seizures. The researchers then looked at whether those other people had developed epilepsy or seizures over the next six months.
One limitation of the study was that the researchers were unable to identify the express viral variants with which other people became inflamed, which could have influenced the results.
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