EAN 2025 | The importance of incorporating temperature management into routine neurological care
Anita Arsovska, MD, PhD, University “Ss Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje, North Macedonia, emphasizes the importance of recognizing extreme temperatures as modifiers of neurological vulnerability in patients with stroke and epilepsy. Prof. Arsovska highlights the need to incorporate temperature risk into discharge planning, patient counseling, and caregiver education to ensure temperature management becomes a routine part of neurological care. This interview took place at the 11th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN 2025) in Helsinki, Finland.
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We are more and more aware that these extreme temperatures are not benign environmental factors. They are now recognized as modifiers of the neurological vulnerability in patients with stroke and epilepsy. So in stroke, these temperature extremes can influence the size of the infarction, the risk of hemorrhage, and also recovery trajectories. And in patients with epilepsy, extreme temperatures can precipitate seizures, especially in thermosensitive syndromes...
We are more and more aware that these extreme temperatures are not benign environmental factors. They are now recognized as modifiers of the neurological vulnerability in patients with stroke and epilepsy. So in stroke, these temperature extremes can influence the size of the infarction, the risk of hemorrhage, and also recovery trajectories. And in patients with epilepsy, extreme temperatures can precipitate seizures, especially in thermosensitive syndromes. So that is why we need to take action. We need to incorporate temperature risk into discharge planning and patient counseling to monitor thermal regulation in acute care and rehabilitation settings, but also to educate caregivers on heat waves or extreme cold weather. So basically we have to be aware that temperature management must become a routine part of neurological care.
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