Call to prioritise flu vax in children with epilepsy
Melbourne doctors say kids and young adults with SCN1A-positive Dravet syndrome have high rates of neurological complications
Children with a severe form of epilepsy are “highly susceptible” to severe neurological complications and death from influenza infection and should be prioritised for vaccination, warn paediatric neurologists.
The recommendation is based on a study of influenza complications among 82 children and young adults with SCN1A-positive Dravet syndrome, which affects about one in 15,000 children.
