The Assessment and Management of Childhood Masturbation: An Analysis of 90 Cases.

AIM: The child's self-stimulating pleasure behavior is defined as childhood masturbation (CM). Diagnosis of CM is mainly based on behavior and analysis of video recordings. This study aims to investigate etiological factors, movement patterns, and treatment options.Medical records and video recordings of CM in our clinic between 2015 and 2020 were retrospectively reviewed. RESULTS: Ninety patients aged 8 months to 9 years were included in our study. The male-to-female ratio was 23/67. The mean age at onset of masturbation (mean ± standard deviation) was 21.42 ± 18.44 (6-107) months. Note that 27.7% (32) of the patients were taking antiepileptic drugs before admission.Eight of the 90 patients had abnormal electroencephalograms. The time of onset of CM was related to cessation of breast milk in 24.4%, separation from the mother in 43.3%, new siblings in 16.6%, initiation of toilet training in 7.7%, and parental divorce in 6.6%. Behavioral therapy was sufficient in 71.1%. Hydroxyzine hydrochloride in 19 (21.1%) and risperidone in 9 (10%) were given in the remaining cases. Overall, 23/28 of the cases receiving medication improved during follow-up. CONCLUSION: Physicians may have difficulty identifying repetitive movements in CM. Misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis may lead to unnecessary use of antiepileptic drugs, delayed initiation of treatment, and prolonged treatment duration. Video recordings are important in the differential diagnosis of CM. CM may have psychosocial causes and can often be effectively treated with behavioral therapy. Pharmacological treatment (hydroxyzine hydrochloride and risperidone) may be considered in cases that do not respond to behavioral treatment.

Investigating the prevalence of febrile convulsion in Kayseri, Turkey: An assessment of the risk factors for recurrence of febrile convulsion and for development of epilepsy.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and recurrence of febrile convulsion (FC) and risk factors for development of epilepsy in school children throughout in the Kayseri provincial center. METHOD: Ten thousand individuals selected using "stratified cluster sampling" from a student population of 259,428 inside the Kayseri Urban Municipality represented the study sample. Fifteen thousand questionnaires were distributed, of which 10,742 (71.6%) were returned. Telephone interviews were performed with the families of the students reported as having undergone FC, and the medical records of patients with a history of hospitalization were evaluated. Data were analyzed on IBM SPSS Statistics 22.0 package program. Significance was set at p < 0.05. RESULTS: Prevalence of FC was 4.2% in girls and 4.3% in boys, with a total prevalence of 4.3%. Recurrence of FC was observed in 25.4% of cases. Risk of recurrence increased 7.1 times in subjects with a history of FC in first and second degree relatives, 17.8 times in those with fever interval <1 h before convulsion and 17.6 times in those with pre-convulsion body temperature <39 °C. Epilepsy developed in 33 (7.2%) cases. Neurodevelopmental abnormality was the most important risk factor for epilepsy (21.1-fold risk increase). CONCLUSIONS: Analysis revealed that FC with a good prognosis had a high rate of recurrence and a higher risk of epilepsy than in the general population. The prevalence of FC in the province of Kayseri was closer to that in developed rather than developing countries.