The Impact of Some Physiological and Biochemical Variables on Children Suffering From Febrile Convulsion in Baghdad City

Hamid Aneed  Meshaal; Wijdan I. A.  Abd-alwahab

Hamid Aneed Meshaal University of Samarra/College of Education/Department of Biology
Wijdan I. A. Abd-alwahab University of Samarra/College of Education/Department of Biology

Keywords: Febrile convulsions, Malondialdehyde, Glutathione, Acetylcholin esterase

Abstract

The current study was conducted to study physiological and biochemical variables and their role in the occurrence of heat cramps in children in the city of Baghdad by measuring the percentage of complete blood count parameters, glutathione concentration, malondialdehyde concentration, and serum acetylcholine esterase enzyme. The number of samples in the current study was 90, which were divided into two groups: the control group which included 30 samples and the febrile convulsion group included 60 samples. The ages of the children ranged from 6 months to 60 months, and collecting samples from the Central Child Teaching Hospital in Baghdad\Al-Karkh for the period between 2 August until 15 November 2022, and the study concluded that there was a significant increase in the number of white blood cells, the percentage of lymphocytes, and the number of platelets, and a significant decrease in hemoglobin and acetylcholine esterase enzyme, and there was no significant difference in the number of red blood cells, the shape of red blood cells, the concentrations of glutathione, and malonedialdehyde.

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