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A febrile seizure is a convulsion in a child that's caused by a fever. The fever is often from an infection. Febrile seizures occur in young, healthy ...
In normally developing children, identifying the cause of your child's fever is the first step after a febrile seizure. Simple febrile seizures. Children who ...
Although alarming for parents, the vast majority of febrile seizures cause no lasting effects. If a seizure occurs: Lay your child on the side or stomach on ...
These frightening but generally harmless seizures are triggered by a fever and affect infants and young children.
Sometimes seizures may be caused or triggered by: A high fever. When this happens, the seizure is known as a febrile seizure. An infection of the brain ...
Seizures in children. Occasionally a child with roseola experiences a seizure brought on by a sudden fever (febrile seizure). If this happens, your child might ...
Autoinflammation has been identified in children with febrile infection-related epilepsy ... fever at the onset of seizures. A child might get a cold and a ...
Absence seizures involve brief, sudden lapses of consciousness. They're more common in children than in adults. A person having an absence seizure may stare ...
But sometimes this type of seizure can be triggered by other health problems. Very low blood sugar, a high fever or a stroke can cause a tonic-conic seizure.
The risk of epilepsy increases if a child has a long fever-associated seizure, another nervous system condition or a family history of epilepsy. Complications.
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