A 37-year-old member asked:
What is a febrile seizure?
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Dr. Luke Hermannanswered
Emergency Medicine 27 years experience
Convulsion: A febrile seizure is a convulsion that occurs as a result of a fever. Most febrile seizures result in the child fainting followed by twitching of the arms, legs, and torso. Although frightening to witness, having a febrile seizure does not affect intelligence or cause brain damage.
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Dr. William Goldieanswered
Pediatric Neurology 50 years experience
No one knows: It is believed that the young child's body produces potent toxins when they get ill. These are referred to as cytokines. These agents cause the child to react with feeling miserable and perhaps developing fever. These agents can irritate the brain and body to produce seizure like activity. The effects are fully reversible. Our over reaction often makes more injury than the initial illness.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
What causes a febrile seizure?
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Dr. Robert Nahouraiianswered
Neurology 34 years experience
The rise of fever: Febrile seizures are common in children, about 5% of the population. They are generally a combination of how fast the fever rises and a genetic predisposition.
Very few children with febrile seizures go on to have epilepsy, but that is still being studied.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Can a man have a febrile seizure?
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Dr. Cornelia Franzanswered
Specializes in Pediatrics
No: If an adult male had a seizure with a fever, it would not be classified as a febrile seizure and he would have a thorough evaluation.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
How should I treat febrile seizure?
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Dr. Jenny Sunganswered
Pediatrics 26 years experience
Self Resolve: Febrile seizure can happen in young children when their temperature rises rapidly. It is usually brief, and generalized (affects the entire body). There's no long term consequences. Febrile seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes or starts/affects just one part of the body needs medical attention.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Is there a cure for febrile seizure?
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Dr. Garron Milleranswered
Pediatrics 24 years experience
No: Febrile seizures can occur in some children under the age of 5 (usually go away by that age). When ill tylenol (acetaminophen) and advil may help keep the fever down, to help prevent a seizure. Although a seizure can happen with any increase in temp above 101. It is not due to how high, experts think it is due to how quickly the temp changes in children vunerable to febrile seizures.
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