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What are the symptoms and signs of a febrile seizure?

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See below: This is, normally a brief, less than 5 minutes, generalized seizure with loss of consciousness. They occur at the onset of a fever. And, sometimes the seizure happens before you know your child has a fever. They commonly occur between 6 months to 6 years of age.

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Generalized seizure: the symptoms of febrile seizure is during a febrile illness in a child 4 months to 6 years, a generalized seizure occurs. It may involve shaking of the whole body or may involve staring or stiffening of the body. True febrile seizures are generalized, involve the whole body. they are usually brief.

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