Pediatrics Febrile Convulsion: A Silent Epidemic in Nigeria

Abstract

Dalhatu A

Building healthcare capacity through health care reform in Nigeria is of great concern. Pediatrics febrile seizure has been astronomically increasing in most Sub-Saharan countries Particularly in Nigeria. It has been recorded to be one of the most common illness associated with high fever and represent the most common childhood seizure disorder, that exist only in association with an elevated temperature. The paper aimed to review related literature on febrile seizures that has been published both nationally and internationally. There is increasing evidences, that febrile seizures have little connection with cognitive function, so the prognosis for normal neurologic function is appreciable in children with febrile seizures. The paper also targeted at providing current medical and nursing managements of patient with febrile convulsion especially in a low resources countries where medical improvisation remained the only medical options for pediatrics health practitioners to effectively manages pediatrics febrile seizures. It also create a tradition of working with multilateral organization, nongovernmental organization and civil society organization to help develop and deliver the intervention and information that cover global health on pediatrics health condition. The paper is also prepared to raise the strategy and to sensitize stakeholders and institutions to focus on finding common objective to advance health care education and practice in Nigeria on the current trend in managing pediatrics febrile seizures. It is therefore, concluded that ,there is need for building programmed that create solution by total commitment to advancing collaborative efforts to enhance a wide range of array to hosts a comprehensive database for improving pediatrics health care education and practice and therefore, recommends that, efforts are needed to help build health care capacity and expand access to identifying, assessing and managing pediatrics conditions in Nigeria and also, shape positive global health field on pediatrics medical conditions.

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