Archives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Sociéte française de pédiatrie
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The market value for energy drinks is continually growing and the annual worldwide energy drink consumption is increasing. However, issues related to energy drink ingredients and the potential for adverse health consequences remain to be elucidated. This aim of the present paper is to review the current knowledge on putative adverse effects of energy drinks, especially in youths. ⋯ Consumption of energy drinks with alcohol during heavy episodic drinking is at risk of serious injury, sexual assault, drunk driving, and death. However, even after adjusting for alcohol consumption, students who consume alcohol mixed with energy drinks had dramatically higher rates of serious alcohol-related consequences. It has been reported that the subjective perceptions of some symptoms of alcohol intoxication are less intense after the combined ingestion of the alcohol plus energy drink; however, these effects are not detected in objective measures of motor coordination and visual reaction time.
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Benign afebrile seizures associated with mild gastroenteritis and normal serum electrolytes are often described in Asian infants under the name of convulsions with mild gastroenteritis (CwG). Herein, we report 3 cases of CwG that occurred in Caucasian children. Clinical features and outcomes are described and the cases reported in the literature are reviewed. ⋯ The CwG syndrome is a self-limited disease with a short course and a good prognosis. Investigations must be targeted and anticonvulsivant therapy is not required. As rotavirus is the most common agent among the diarrheal viruses detected to be the cause of CwG, one could hypothesize that this virus may play a role in the CwG pathogenesis.