Febrile seizures are a common occurrence in young children, typically affecting those between six months and five years of age. These seizures are triggered by fever, often due to infections ...

Febrile seizures occur in as many as 5% of children before age 5 years, and parents often are fearful about subsequent risk for death. Danish investigators used a national registry to assess this ...

Febrile seizures are caused by a fever or high temperature. 1. The baby or child having a febrile seizure may be less responsive or unresponsive, arch their back, clench their fists, stiffen their ...

in 526 otherwise healthy children (age range, 6–60 months) who presented with their first complex febrile seizure (focal seizures, duration >15 minutes, multiple seizures within 24 hours ...

The study found a total of 72 cases of seizures among these children, the majority of which were febrile seizures (71%). The ...

irritable or confused for up to one hour afterwards If your child is having a febrile seizure, it's important to keep them safe while you wait for medical help. First, make sure you call 999 for ...

In this case-based module, GPSI in paediatrics Dr David Capehorn discusses four scenarios involving fever in children and ...

Febrile infants aged 22 to 60 days were less likely to be hospitalized or receive antibiotics after the AAP published updated ...

Sometimes, children will have seizures when they have a fever. Seizures happen when a sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain disrupt the way messages are transmitted between the brain ...

Children who suffer a febrile seizure before 18 months of age are at increased risk of having another one, but treatments are available to help lower that risk.