If you are responding to a comment that was written about an article you originally authored: Front Hum Neurosci. This site needs JavaScript to work properly. Before Moderation by Age and Hospitalization Status of Risk of the Different Outcomes After COVID-19 vs Influenza. Seizures - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic sharing sensitive information, make sure youre on a federal The incidence of new-onset seizures in this severely ill subgroup was 3.6%. ), London, UK; Young Epilepsy (J.H.C. From the Department of Psychiatry (M.T., P.J.H. Vosburgh S, et al. We present a 71-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and COVID-19 diagnosed by RT-PCR who initially presented with posterior circulation stroke-like symptoms, which completely resolved after emergent thrombolysis. One primary way the virus may trigger these seizures is related to how the virus enters the nervous system. Radiographic and electrographic data. The time of the peak HR is noted on the x-axis. Online ISSN:1526-632X, The most widely read and highly cited peer-reviewed neurology journal. By the end of April 2022, there were 513 million COVID-19 cases worldwide with more than 6.23 million deaths.1 COVID-19 infection is associated with acute neurologic manifestations, particularly encephalopathy, agitation, confusion, anosmia, ageusia, and stroke.2,3 Compared with influenza, people who contract COVID-19 also show an increased risk of many neurologic and psychiatric sequelae in the subsequent 6 months, with incidence highest in those admitted to an intensive care setting.4 COVID-19 may impair neurologic function through effects on brain endothelial cells, inflammation, cytokine storm, and other mechanisms.5,6. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. COVID-19; Epilepsy; Functional seizures; Pandemic; Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES); Stress. Chattopadhyay S, et al. WHO coronavirus (COVID-19) dashboard. Non-epileptic Seizures in Autonomic Dysfunction as the Initial - PubMed 2022 Mar 2;91(6):756-71. doi: 10. . National Library of Medicine COVID-19 associates with psychological comorbidity, both in those with preexisting seizures33,-,35 and in those who do not have epilepsy.4 Although psychological stresses can contribute to the development of epilepsy, this can also precipitate psychological nonepileptic attacks (PNES, dissociative seizures, and functional seizures).36 PNES may be miscategorized as seizures or epilepsy, and this may be overrepresented in the COVID-19 cohort.
