Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 10
First page : ( 914) Last page : ( 916)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.01257.3

The relationship between febrile seizure and iron deficiency anemia in babylon children, Babylon Province

Noor Mudher Hasan

Dept. of pediatric, College of medicine, Babylon University, Iraq

Online published on 1 November, 2018.

Abstract

Febrile Seizure is the most common neurological problem that occurs in children mostly between the age of 9 months and 5 years, It is emotionally traumatic for parents. present study aims To determine the relationship between febrile seizure and iron deficiency in children and to take attention to treat it. Two groups of 56 children in each of nine months to five-years old febrile children when they are admitted to Babylon teaching hospital for maternity and pediatrics, from 1 December 2015 to 30 June 2016. The 1^st group (the cases) included children with febrile convulsion and the 2nd group (the control group) included febrile children without convulsion. Blood sample was drawn from all children to measure complete blood count, indices (PCV, MCV, RDW), serum ferritin and TIBC (total iron binding capacity).chi squared, was used to determine the significance of difference of variables in the two groups. The results showed that Iron deficiency anemia was identified in cases significantly more than its presence in control group (P-value=0.008) with odd ratio=4.08 CI (1.377–12.089). from this results it can be concluded that iron deficiency is considered a significant risk factors for febrile seizure.

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Keywords

Febrile Seizure, children, iron deficiency, neurological problem.

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