Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: November | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 581-583
Continuous Spike-Wave of Slow Sleep for 8 Year Old Child- A Case Report
Krishna S Mohan1, Manjumol Jose1, Cristina Joy1, K. Menaka2, T. Sivakumar3
1Pharm D, Nandha College of Pharmacy, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
2Assistant professor, Department of pharmacy practice, Nandha College of Pharmacy, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
3Principal, Nandha College of Pharmacy, Erode, Tamil Nadu, India
Corresponding Author: Krishna S Mohan
ABSTRACT
Electrical status epileptics is an age-related and self-limiting syndrome described as slowing of waves during sleep with any type of seizure and rapid eye movement associated with continuous electrical activity. The cardinal signs involve status epileptics with seizure cognitive and motor impairment. This slowing of the wave is the result of switching of GABAA related inhibitory postsynaptic potential to GABAB mediated inhibitory postsynaptic activity. Hyperthermia, pulmonary edema, cardiac arrhythmias and cardiac collapse are acute complications, where encephalopathy and focal neurological deficit are long term complications. It can be controlled with valproate, levetiracetam, lamotrigine, ethosuximide and clobazam.
Key words: Electrical status Epilepticus, Slowing of waves, Seizure
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