Complex Febrile Seizures in Children with COVID-19 Infection

Abstract

ported in Wuhan, China in 2019, is an infectious disease caused by a novel coronavirus called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The incidence rate is lower in children than in adults, but as the number of infected patients has increased recently, the number of pediatric patients has also increased [1,2]. The typical symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, chills, aches, headaches, anorexia, and anosmia [1]. Neurological manifestations can also occur in patients with COVID-19. Several studies have reported neurological manifestations of COVID-19 in children [1-4]. Panda et al. [4] reviewed these manifestations and reported that 16% of all such patients showed non-specific neurological symptoms, such as headache, myalgia, and fatigue, whereas 1% of them showed specific neurological symptoms, such as seizures and encephalopathy. Another study reported that neurological manifestations, including febrile and non-febrile seizures, were observed in 3% of children with COVID-19 [1]. Febrile seizures are relatively common neurologic disorders, affecting 2% to 5% of children under the age of 5 years. There are two types of febrile seizures: simple and complex seizures. Simple febrile seizures refer to generalized seizures pISSN 2635-909X • eISSN 2635-9103 Ann Child Neurol [Epub ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.26815/acn.2022.00374