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Cognitive problems a possibility for newly-diagnosed epilepsy patients
14 Aug 2009
Children newly diagnosed with epilepsy are at an increased risk of suffering from language and memory problems.
This is according to a new study published in the Neurology journal, which revealed that children diagnosed with the condition yet to have their first seizure are more likely to suffer from cognitive skills problems.
Study author Professor Philip Fastenau, of Western Reserve University School of Medicine and the Neurological Institute of University Hospitals, US, said the findings stress the importance of "testing children with epilepsy for possible cognitive problems soon after they are diagnosed with epilepsy in order to avoid these issues affecting them later in life".
More than a quarter (27 per cent) of children involved in the study experienced cognitive difficulties at or near the time of their first seizure, while this was true of 40 per cent of those with additional risk factors.
Under-18s constitute the highest proportion of epilepsy sufferers, although the condition is also prevalent in the over-65s age group.
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