IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AND FEBRILE SEIZURES IN CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS TO 60 MONTHS

Sravya Gopireddy; Shaik Jareena; Raghurami Reddy O

Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA AND FEBRILE SEIZURES IN CHILDREN AGED 6 MONTHS TO 60 MONTHS

Sravya Gopireddy, Shaik Jareena, Raghurami Reddy O

Abstract :

Background – Feile convulsion is one of the most common neurological disorder seen in children between 6 months to 5 years, which is benign in nature and generally carry excellent prognosis. The prevalence of feile seizures in children is approximately 2 to 5%. Iron deficiency is postulated as a risk factor for feile seizures in children and it is an easily correctable condition. We, therefore, studied the association between iron deficiency and simple feile seizures. METHODS – The study was conducted in department of pediatrics at PESIMSR, kuppam. The study included 53 cases and 53 controls. Cases were children with feile seizures and controls were children of same age group with short feile illness and without seizures. Feile seizures defined according to AAP (American Academy of Pediatrics) guidelines and iron deficiency was defined based on hematological parameters of Hemoglobin<11g/dl, MCV<70fl and RDW >14.5%) RESULTS – OF 53cases, 58.4% children were below 24months. Iron deficiency anemia was present in 90.57% of cases and 54.72% in control group. Significant association was seen between iron deficiency anemia in feile seizures. CONCLUSION – Our study reveals that there is a significant relation between iron deficiency anemia and feile seizures.