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Febrile seizures in children
Febrile seizures in children
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
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A 37-year old asked:
What is a febrile seizure?
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A 30-year old asked:
What causes a febrile seizure?
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A 49-year old asked:
Do adults get febrile seizures?
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A 34-year old asked:
How are febrile seizures treated?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can a man have a febrile seizure?
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A 34-year old asked:
How should I treat febrile seizure?
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A 46-year old asked:
How long does a febrile seizure last?
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A 41-year old asked:
What sort of disorder is a febrile seizure?
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A 31-year old asked:
What must I do when my child has a febrile seizure?
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A 35-year old female asked:
At what age do febrile seizures stop being a threat?
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A 42-year old asked:
What are the symptoms and signs of a febrile seizure?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Febrile seizure?
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A 45-year old asked:
What can increase a child's chances of recurrent febrile seizures?
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A 37-year old asked:
My question is what causes febrile seizures besides having a fever?
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A 30-year old asked:
Are there longterm risks for a child who experienced febrile seizures?
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A 31-year old asked:
How common is it for kids who had febrile seizures to have them again?
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A 41-year old asked:
Does having one febrile seizure increase the chances of having another?
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A 39-year old asked:
What causes a fever seizure in a child and how is this different than epilepsy?
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A male asked:
Is there any cases for seizure disorder (epilepsy) only happened when have a fever?
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A 42-year old female asked:
Our son has had 2 febrile seizures in the past should I be worried that this will occur with every high temp?
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A member asked:
Can a fever seizure affect mental ability in a 2 year old he is seeing things that are not there and has no appitite?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Can adults get febrile seizures? And if so, how severe can these seizures get? Do they only happen at really high temperatures, or any temperature?
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A 41-year old asked:
Is there a cure for febrile seizure?
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A 42-year old asked:
What kind of doctor sees somebody for febrile seizure?
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A 34-year old asked:
Might it be possible that a a high grade fever lead to a seizure in adults?
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A 42-year old asked:
How common are fever-related seizures in newborns?
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A 42-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my child has 100.29 fever and a seizure disorder?
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A member asked:
My brother only has seizures when he vomits which I assumed was from temperature spike. Can seizures be caused by vomiting without a fever?
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A 38-year old asked:
Will febrile seizure kill me?
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A 37-year old asked:
Febrile seizures in an adult patient. I thought only little kids have febrile seizures.?
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