Individuals who have had COVID-19 are more likely to develop seizures or epilepsy after being infected than their peers who have had influenza, new research suggests. MedTwitter
On the other hand, hospitalization status was a significant moderator for the association between COVID and epilepsy, with a"more marked" association among nonhospitalized patients .
There were also important differences between hospitalized and nonhospitalized individuals, with the HR for the composite endpoint peaking at 9 vs 41 days, respectively. At that time point, nonhospitalized participants were more than twice as likely to have seizures or a diagnosis of epilepsy after COVID-19 vs after influenza.
He suggested that clinicians"should be aware that this can happen and that it may manifest as milder seizures where people don't lose consciousness or have unusual symptoms." "Importantly, we must also acknowledge that the risk of COVID-19 infection has been, and continues to be, inequitably distributed in the population," said Bensken.
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