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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

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