BREATH-HOLDING SPELLS IN THREE-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN IN THE FERGANA: SPELL PROBLEM, PREVENTIVE CARE REQUIREMENT AND DIFFERENCES OVER THREE MONTHS IN A TWO-DOMAIN PRELIMINARY STUDY

Breath holding spells affect 0.1 to 4.6% of healthy young children and disappear by the age of five. Preventive measures are not enough in Central Asia. Our ai, is improving prevention of affective respiratory paroxysms. Materials and methods: Retrospective analysis of past 3 years. We included 100 participants under 3 years with confirmed spells (50 Fergana district, 50 Fergana city children’s hospital), followed for 90 days. Caregiver diaries gave spell rates per 28 days. Results: Our main findings, spell frequency decreased from 12 to 8 in per 28 days. Children with higher standard rates indicated larger declines, while other in the lowest presented almost no alterations. Caregiver intelligence rose and worry decreased. To sum up, Spell rates dropped, and regression proves the drop. The package showed no dosage response. Further investigation needed to be different methods.