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An atypical case of febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome following acute encephalitis: impact of physiotherapy in regaining locomotor abilities in a patient with neuroregression

Encephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain parenchyma. It is potentially life-threatening with the highest incidence and severity in younger children. Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) is a condition, in which a child develops a nonspecific febrile illness that may not persis...

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Autores principales: Goyal, Chanan, Naqvi, Waqar M., Sahu, Arti
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7392866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32774660
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.101.23855
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Sumario:Encephalitis refers to inflammation of the brain parenchyma. It is potentially life-threatening with the highest incidence and severity in younger children. Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) is a condition, in which a child develops a nonspecific febrile illness that may not persist when the initial seizure activity begins. However, an electroencephalogram (EEG) shows that the child is in status epilepticus. We report the case of a five-year-old male who presented with difficulty to maintain sitting posture, and inability to stand and walk without support, following viral encephalitis at the age of one year. He had motor, visual, speech and cognitive impairment along with a seizure disorder. The physiotherapy interventions including neurodevelopmental treatment (NDT) and sensory integration (SI) helped in regaining locomotion ability in the child. The study aims to assess the impact of physiotherapy interventions on regaining locomotor ability in a child with FIRES following infective encephalitis.