It is impossible to maintain social distancing between caretakers of epileptic patients during this COVID-19 pandemic. As result most of these patients are always in close proximity with the caretakers making them susceptible to COVID-19 infections.
There is no evidence that having epilepsy alone makes people more likely to catch coronavirus or have more severe symptoms.
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Patients with epilepsy are not more likely to be infected with COVID-19 or to have severe symptom. However, the stress status related to the COVID-19 outbreak could be a trigger for seizures in patients with epilepsy.
Additionally, the management of COVID-19 in Epileptic patients could be more complicated considering the drug interactions.
Article Management of COVID-19 in people with epilepsy: drug considerations
Very preliminary data demonstrates homology as *alpha herpes virus in
short indel (segments) at *NCBII, NIH, Standard Blast *Pam 30 precision,
where:
/strain="Colburn"
/isolation_source="brain biopsy sample of boy with
clinical encephalopathy" was observed coherent to the expected
BETA METHOD confidence.
Monash team cites *Ivermectin *Useful in vitro findings thus to locale,
cost..would estimate best care centric to that agent and guarded
well sampled case baseline. *Also known antibiotic agent, added
as loading dose *per weight.pharmaco specific.
Pure beta study as:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12oQOQoHky9rnV_5D3P7aDi-1AZW7dVXvnn7mWRbpfs8/edit?usp=sharing
Includes optical concerns .
True precision of care unknown to author. citing pure beta terrain
of multi site studies. Comment welcome and investigational. M.
Alarakol...Todo paciente epiléptico es susceptible de infectarse con el virus covid 19. Si el paciente está medicado adecuadamente, su comportamiento no necesariamente tendrá esa conducta. Ellos son personas que pueden comprender mensajes de sus cuidadores, como por ejemplo la razón de mantener la distancia, especialmente si se les organiza mediante actividades donde ellos estén con su atención dirigida hacia actividades de laborterapia y o deportivas, en otras palabras que estén ocupados en actividades terapéuticas.Tambien hay que instruir a los cuidadores, tal vez ellos no tienen la información adecuada de cómo relacionarse con este tipo de pacientes.Es o que le puedo ofrecer de mi experiencia en las relaciones con este tipo de patología.
There are many different etiologies for seizures and a great variety of people
with seizures.Their immune status is generally the same as the rest of the population. Their biggest obstacle may be obtaining the appropriate diagnosis and medication at a reasonable price.
Care of an epileptic patient during the COVID-19 pandemic
The care and management of epileptic patients during the times of COVID-19 has become a challenge (1-3) as COVID-19 can itself be complicated by intractable epilepsy (or status epilepticus) due to CNS involvement (4-6).
1. Article Keeping people with epilepsy safe during the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Preprint Epilepsy Care in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic in Italy: Ris...
3. Article The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on seizure control and self-...
4. Article De Novo Status Epilepticus in patients with COVID‐19
5. Article Generalized Status Epilepticus as a Possible Manifestation of COVID‐19
6. Article COVID-19 Infection Presenting as Acute Onset Focal Status Epilepticus
