Association between mild acute gastroenteritis and benign afebrile convulsions

Abstract

Introduction: The presentation of benign seizures afebriles in association a slight gastroenteritis without dehydration or fever or electrolytic imbalance is an association described with relative frequency in Asia, not being more known out of the Asian continent.
Case reports: There are described the characteristics of four cases who joined our hospital for presenting convulsions afebriles associated with gastroenteritis acute. In three of four cases Rotavirus’s presence was identified in dregs and in all the cases the evolution has been favorable.
Conclusions: Probably this entity is infradiagnosticada in our country. To recognize ourselves this entity must serve to avoid anti-epileptic long and intense