Geng***Re: febrile seizures and Apraxia?

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Hi Liz:

Yes, you are right. In fact, the original term " apraxia " refers to

the post-stroke language pathology of certain adults, who develop

word retrieval problems - typically they will say " I know the word,

but I just can't say it " . Childhood verbal apraxia is a totally

different entity, with probably a totally different cause in the

brain, as it is a combination of a disorder of the motor aspects of

speech with an expressive language delay.

At a conference on the neurodevelopmental aspects of language

disorders I was at last spring in Baltimore, a neurologist who spoke

was extremely adamant about changing the terminology for CVA, as he

felt it confused the original use of the word with that of CVA, and

that we should find a new term for it.

Any creative ideas out there ?

Larry Laveman, MD

Consultant, CHERAB

http://www.apraxia.cc

> > Hi laceyjo35959

> >

> > You asked if there was a correlation between febrile seizures and

> Apraxia.

> > I think I'm right that febrile seizures are from a high fever and

> that's

> > what made me respond. When my son was 11 months old, he was

> babbling and

> > saying mama and then at 11 1/2 months, he got pnemonia with a

fever

> of 105.3

> > and wound up in the hospital for a few days. His fever was that

> high on and

> > off for about 3 days and after he got out of the hospital, he was

a

> > different kid. He was very quiet and didn't say mama again until

> he was 3.4

> > years old. So although he didn't have a febrile seizure, he did

> have the

> > high fever and I believe that had a lot to do with

> whatever " triggered " his

> > Apraxia. Of course it's nothing I could ever prove, but I feel

> that his

> > fever caused some type of neurological damage which gave him

> Apraxia. Just

> > my thoughts....

> >

> > in NJ

> > KDR-1@h...