ARTÍCULO
Common infectious and parasitic diseases as a cause of seizures: geographic distribution and contribution to the burden of epilepsy
Fecha
2022Registro en:
1294-9361
10.1684/epd.2022.1491
Autor
Marques de Haes, Tissiana
De Figueiredo, Nathália Stela Visoná
Kakooza Mwesige, Angelina
Singh, Gagandeep
Lutzky Saute, Ricardo
Yacubian, Elza Márcia
Carpio Rodas, Luis Arturo
Institución
Resumen
This educational review article aims to provide information on the central nervous system (CNS) infectious and parasitic diseases that frequently cause seizures and acquired epilepsy in the developing world. We explain the difficulties in defining acute symptomatic seizures, which are common in patients with meningitis, viral encephalitis, malaria, and neurocysticercosis, most of which are associated with increased mortality and morbidity, including subsequent epilepsy. Geographic location determines the common causes of infectious and parasitic diseases in a particular region. Management issues encompass prompt treatment of acute symptomatic seizures and the underlying CNS infection, correction of associated predisposing factors, and decisions regarding the appropriate choice and duration of antiseizure therapy. Although healthcare provider education, to recognize and diagnose seizures and epilepsy related to these diseases, is a feasible objective to save lives, prevention of CNS infections and infestations is the only definitive way forward to reduce the burden of epilepsy in developing countries