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Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease caused one of the largest pandemics in human history. During the second COVID-19 surge, the Indian government faced the threat posed by th...

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Autores principales: Mendu, Suresh Babu, Singavarapu, Prathap Reddy, Kota, Venu, Sheri, Abhiram Reddy, Kotha, Rakesh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10371194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503470
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40992
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author Mendu, Suresh Babu
Singavarapu, Prathap Reddy
Kota, Venu
Sheri, Abhiram Reddy
Kotha, Rakesh
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description Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease caused one of the largest pandemics in human history. During the second COVID-19 surge, the Indian government faced the threat posed by the growing COVID-19 pandemic by informing citizens and encouraging the use of preventive measures such as face masks, hand sanitization, personal protective equipment, quarantines, and vaccination. Vaccination is an effective prophylactic intervention in public health, and COVID-19 vaccines have been developed to achieve immunity against viruses and stop the transmission of infection. However, vaccines have side effects, and by early 2021, many doubts arose regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. Few people were not taking immunization because post-immunization adverse events were reported. We are reporting a case of seizures after immunization with Covaxin.
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spelling pubmed-103711942023-07-27 Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence Mendu, Suresh Babu Singavarapu, Prathap Reddy Kota, Venu Sheri, Abhiram Reddy Kotha, Rakesh Cureus Pediatrics Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a novel infectious disease caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This disease caused one of the largest pandemics in human history. During the second COVID-19 surge, the Indian government faced the threat posed by the growing COVID-19 pandemic by informing citizens and encouraging the use of preventive measures such as face masks, hand sanitization, personal protective equipment, quarantines, and vaccination. Vaccination is an effective prophylactic intervention in public health, and COVID-19 vaccines have been developed to achieve immunity against viruses and stop the transmission of infection. However, vaccines have side effects, and by early 2021, many doubts arose regarding COVID-19 vaccinations. Few people were not taking immunization because post-immunization adverse events were reported. We are reporting a case of seizures after immunization with Covaxin. Cureus 2023-06-26 /pmc/articles/PMC10371194/ /pubmed/37503470 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40992 Text en Copyright © 2023, Mendu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mendu, Suresh Babu
Singavarapu, Prathap Reddy
Kota, Venu
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Kotha, Rakesh
Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence
title Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence
title_full Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence
title_fullStr Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence
title_full_unstemmed Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence
title_short Generalised Tonic-Clonic Seizure in Adolescents Following COVID-19 Vaccination: A Case Report on a Mere Co-incidence
title_sort generalised tonic-clonic seizure in adolescents following covid-19 vaccination: a case report on a mere co-incidence
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10371194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503470
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40992
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