Association between iron deficiency anemia and febrile seizures

Objective: to find out the association between iron deficiency anemia and the frequency of first febrile seizure. methodology: it was a comparative study conducted at pediatric medicine,kuwait teaching hospital peshawar and hayatabad medical complex peshawar from january 2015 to december 2015 in which a total of 160 patients were observed by taking 80 participants each in group a and group b respectively. children in group a were having febrile seizures while those in group b were febrile but not having seizures. results: the mean age of group a was 25�1.28 months while that of group b was 24�1.26 months. frequency of iron deficiency in group a was 38% while that in group b was 20% with a p value of 0.003. conclusion: febrile seizures were twice as common in children having iron deficiency anemia as compared to those who did not have iron deficiency anemia. � 2016,postgraduate medical institute. all rights reserved.