Image via WikipediaI don't claim to know everything about arthritis and rheumatic diseases. But I do feel I know a lot. In the past week, I have learned that a seizure can be related to having an autoimmune condition. I'm surprised. I admit it. I never read about this before or drew any sort of connection between seizure and autoimmune disease. I do know seizure can be a side effect of many medications.According to a study presented at the 135th Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association and reported by Doctor's Guide, patients with an unidentifiable, hard-to-treat epilepsy may have an autoimmune condition. About one-third of patients with epilepsy have no identifiable cause.
Many inflammatory conditions do have a known association with seizures, including multiple sclerosis, lupus, anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome, Crohn's disease, sarcoidosis, central nervous system vasculitis, Grave's disease, steroid-responsive encephalopathy associated with autoimmune thyroiditis and more. But, with these conditions, seizure is a secondary and uncommon problem. But it does exist and more needs to be learned.
No comments:
Post a Comment