The Relationship between Serum Trace Elements and Children Febrile Convulsion

Objective To study the relationship between the changes of the concentrations of serum trace elements and children’s febrile convulsion(FC).Methods The concentrations of serum calcium,iron,copper,magnesium,and zinc of 25 children with upper respiratory tract infection complicated by FC(FC group) and 25 children with upper respiratory tract infection(URI group) were measured by HITACH7600-010 automatic bio-chemical detector,then the relationship between serum trace elements and FC attack were studied.Results The concentrations of serum calcium of FC group were significantly lower than those of URI group(P0.05);the concentrations of serum iron of FC group were significantly lower than thos of URI group(P0.001);the concen-trations of serum copper,magnesium,and zinc had no significant difference between two groups(all P0.05).Conclusion The attack of FC was closely related with the concentrations of serum calcium,iron,and wasn’t closely related with the concentrations of serum copper,magnesium,and zinc.