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Zonisamide, sold under the brand name Zonegran among others, is a medication used to treat the symptoms of epilepsy and Parkinson's disease. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Chemically it is a sulfonamide .
Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease is a rare genetic periodic fever syndrome which causes uncontrolled inflammation in multiple parts of the body starting in the newborn period. Symptoms include skin rashes, severe arthritis , and chronic meningitis leading to neurologic damage.
Both newer and older drugs are generally equally effective in new onset epilepsy. [42] The newer drugs tend to have fewer side effects. [ 42 ] For newly diagnosed partial or mixed seizures , there is evidence for using gabapentin, lamotrigine, oxcarbazepine or topiramate as monotherapy . [ 42 ]
“Most people in the U.S. get enough zinc from their diet, but some people, including older adults, people who follow a vegan diet, and those with gastrointestinal disorders might have trouble ...
For example, anti-inflammatory agents can be given before surgery. During surgery, inflammation can be modulated by temperature control, use of regional rather than general anesthesia or the use of beta blockers. After surgery, optimal pain management and infection control is important.
Neonatal meningitis is a serious medical condition in infants that is rapidly fatal if untreated.Meningitis, an inflammation of the meninges, the protective membranes of the central nervous system, is more common in the neonatal period (infants less than 44 days old) than any other time in life, and is an important cause of morbidity and mortality globally.
Neonatal encephalopathy (NE), previously known as neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (neonatal HIE or NHIE), is defined as a encephalopathy syndrome with signs and symptoms of abnormal neurological function, in the first few days of life in an infant born after 35 weeks of gestation.
It is more common in older people and females. [7] It is the reason for one to three percent of visits to emergency departments and admissions to hospital. [ 7 ] Up to half of women over the age of 80 and a third of medical students describe at least one event at some point in their lives. [ 7 ]