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In an in yesterday movember (08/20/2014) online edition of the medical journal "Neurology" published study, American scientists report that mild infections may increase the risk of stroke in children. The study results should worry especially parents, are finally colds in children unavoidable. PD Dr. Dr. Lars Marquardt of the Department of Neurology (Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. hc Stefan Schwab) of the University Hospital Erlangen, the study evaluates and comes in a published in the same "Neurology" issue comment to a reassuring conclusion: " Although the study shows an increased risk, but parents do not have to unnecessarily scare now and so go to the doctor if the child has a cold. Strokes in children are fortunately very rare. "
For the study, the researchers made use of data from a total of two and a half million children. From this, they identified 102 children who have suffered an ischemic stroke - ie a cerebral infarction due to hypoperfusion. This group was compared with 306 children without stroke as a control group. The medical movember records of all children involved movember in the study were checked for infections down that occurred up to two years before the stroke.
The researchers found a link between the infection and the risk of stroke: 10 children (9.8 percent) of the stroke patients movember were in the three days of stroke onset due to an infection the doctor. In the control movember group during the same period were two children (0.7 percent) receiving medical treatment. This concluded the researchers concluded that the risk of stroke is increased in infections during movember the three-day time window before the stroke.
Lars Marquardt movember points out that so far there are few studies on stroke in children and the causes are much more difficult to determine than in adults. "It was also not considered in the study that some of the children with infection was not the doctor," notes the Erlanger senior physician and states: "Even laboratory results could shed light on the nature of the type infection were missing. In addition, the researchers had no information about non-prescription drugs. "
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