A study reveals newly discovered relations between autism and seizures. An important amount of patients with autism spectrum disorders have experienced seizures or something similar in their lifetime. This appears to be a newly found relation between seizure disorders such as epilepsy and autism spectrum disorder. The study was confirmed by around 50000 test subjects.
Autism information regarding seizures
The main interest of the study was regarding people aged from zero to eighteen and this subject were then paired with a control group which had the same age and sex as the subjects in hand. There were some other important findings as a high probability of status epilepticus, absence seizures and a type of seizure which is characterized by fever as a side symptom. The authors concluded that the risk of developing or having a seizure or something related on a child with autism spectrum disorder is very high.
Key takeaways
- 19 percent of those with autism will experience seizures.
- The study looks at nearly 50,000 children ages 0-18 with an equal control of non-autism.
- seizures with fevers with over-represented among the autism group
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