Neurological Manifestations in Children Diagnosed With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Screening for Neurological manifestations among children diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease in Assiut university children hospital

Neurologic symptoms have a great importance in early diagnosis and treatment preventing major morbidity and later sequelae, especially if they precede GI symptoms The prevalence of neurologic manifestations of IBD varies between 0.2% and 36%. Their pathogenesis of neurologic manifestations in IBD consists of 6 mechanisms: 1.malabsorption and nutritional deficiency 2.metabolic agents 3.infections complicating immune suppression 4.side effects of medications or iatrogenic as a surgical complication 5.thromboembolism 6.immunological factors UC patients are similar to or higher than CD patients in the probability of neurologic symptoms. Neurologic manifestations and complications include: headache, dizziness, hypotonia, ADHD, tics, sensory complaints, seizures, neuropsychiatric disorders, peripherial neuropathy, meningitis, vestibular dysfunction, idiopathic IC hypertension, cerebral vasculitis, demyelinating disorders and migraine

screen for neurologic and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents with IBD.