Febrile Seizures in The Children
What are febrile seizures?
Febrile seizures in infants and young children are seizures caused by fever. During febrile seizures, children often lose consciousness and extremecen, moving limbs on both sides.
Less commonly, the child becomes rigid or has contractions in a single body part, such as in an arm or leg, or on the left or right side only.
Most febrile seizures last a minute or two, although some may be as short as a few seconds and others may last for more than 15 minutes.
Most children with febrile seizures have rectal temperatures over 102 degrees F. Most febrile seizures occur during the first day of fever in children.
It is not considered that children prone to febrile seizures have epilepsy, since epilepsy is characterized by recurrent seizures that are precipitated by fever.
How common are febrile seizures?
About one in every 25 children will have at least one episode of febrile convulsions, and over a third of these children will have additional episodes before they exceed the age in which there is a tendency to take them. Febrile seizures usually occur in children between the ages of 6 months to 5 years and are particularly common in children in the age of learning to walk.
Children rarely develop their first febrile seizure before six months or after three years of age. The more advanced the age of the child when their first febrile seizure is less likely that the child would suffer more.
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