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Incidence of Epilepsy and Seizures Over the First 6 Months After a COVID-19 Diagnosis

COVID-19 was associated with an increased risk of seizures and epilepsy compared with influenza...was greater in people who had not been hospitalized and in individuals younger than 16 years."

#Kids #seizures #epilepsy

·n.neurology.org·Jul 19, 2023

Incidence of Epilepsy and Seizures Over the First 6 Months After a COVID-19 Diagnosis

COVID-19 neuro complications, long-term symptoms in kids

"Two US studies describe pediatric COVID...7.0% of hospitalized children developed neurologic complications such as seizures...even mild infections can lead to long COVID."

#Kids #neurological #seizures #Long Covid

·cidrap.umn.edu·Jul 19, 2023

COVID-19 neuro complications, long-term symptoms in kids

Neurological and psychiatric risk trajectories after SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies including 1 284 437 patients

Children who got COVID-19 had increased risks of cognitive deficit, insomnia, intracranial haemorrhage, ischaemic stroke, nerve root & plexus disorders, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy or seizures (HRs: 1·20 to 2·16)."

COVID-19 is not flu, certainly.

#cognition #Kids #brain #Stroke #Nerves #epilepsy #seizures #Long Covid

·thelancet.com·Jul 19, 2023

Neurological and psychiatric risk trajectories after SARS-CoV-2 infection: an analysis of 2-year retrospective cohort studies including 1 284 437 patients

Chris Turnbull on Twitter

Thread 1/ Child Covid: big multi-hospital study shows nearly 1 in 100 kids admitted had a stroke, 1 in 90 has a heart attack and 1 in 12 has a seizure: disturbing neurological manifestations found in children—nearly 1 in 2 went to ICU—1 in 100 died & this is PRE-OMICRON.

#Stroke #Kids #Heart Attack #seizures #neurological #brain #Mortality #Discussion

·twitter.com·Jul 19, 2023

Chris Turnbull on Twitter