Absence epileptic seizures and cognitive development

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.1592292208065

• Palavras-chave: Absence-type epilepsy; cognition; learning.

• Keywords: Absence-type epilepsy; cognition; learning.

• Abstract:

  Absence epilepsy (EA) is the most common type of epilepsy in children. It is characterized by a brief loss of consciousness lasting seconds or a few minutes, with up to 200 attacks per day. Despite its benign character due to the low incidence of tonic- clonic seizures and being self-limiting, it is a disease that can generate short- and long-term cognitive and psychosocial impairments. This literature review aims to understand the effects of EE on children's cognitive development. For this, articles published in the Virtual Health Library (BVS) andPubMed in the years 2010 to 2021. A high rate of psychomotor deficits was demonstrated and an important relationship between these and school, social and family problems, both in children and in adults after remission of the disease. To prevent these damages, the importance of a multidisciplinary care for children was highlighted as an attempt to improve their quality of life and minimize cognitive and psychosocial losses.

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