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Investigating the Link between Zinc Deficiency and Febrile Seizures (6 To 60 Months): A Case-Control Approach

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Dr Satish R, Dr Balagopal M, Dr Desai Likhitha Reddy, Dr Aishwarya rani H
» doi: 10.33472/AFJBS.6.6.2024.1442-1446

Abstract

A febrile seizure commonly happens among children who are 6 months old to 60 months old. Such preceding investigation proves zinc has a part in its precipitating factors. The states were conducted in urban areas. The people are taken base being used in this study is focused on the rural areas of Kanchipuram so as to review the population of India in a better way. Objectives: Do children who convulse during a febrile seizure differ from those who experience fever but without any convulsion? It is expected to build a possible link by comparing the serum zinc levels of the two groups of children. Methodology: The participants of the case- control study were the febrile children and those had crisis without seizure with most similar age groups. A critical step was to obtain parental written consent before taking a blood sample from a child to test for serum zinc levels. The statistical software SPSS was employed to break the data down into their component parts. Results: On ethical committee certificate acquiring 32 male and 28 female participants were involved into this research. The measured zinc level in febrile seizure patients and in the group of febrile children without Febrile Seizures were 54.2 µg/dL and 112 µg/dL, respectively, and there was significant differences between the two groups considering the zinc level (P=0.01). Conclusion: It becomes clear from the zinc levels in the serum that there was a deficiency in it for the febrile seizure group in contrast to the ones who did not have seizures; it may mean that the children with febrile seizures are having low zinc levels

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