Febrile convulsions
A febrile seizure, also known as a fever fit or febrile convulsion is a convulsion triggered by a rise in body temperature.
Although febrile convulsions look like epileptic fits, they rarely have anything in common with this illness. Ninety-nine per cent of children who have had a febrile convulsion have no more fits after they reach school age.
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Very young children are prone to fevers, as their body's temperature control is not yet fully developed. This can lead to fits, known as febrile convulsions.
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The major problem is the possibility of febrile convulsions, as the child's temperature may rise very quickly. Febrile convulsions are convulsions (fits) triggered by fever. They rarely cause any ongoing problems.
Febrile seizures (febrile convulsions)
Febrile seizures are convulsions brought on by a fever in infants or small children. During a febrile seizure, a child often loses consciousness and shakes, moving limbs on both sides of the body.
Fever seizures (febrile convulsions).
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In some children aged between six months and six years, a sudden increase in body temperature can lead to seizures (also known as fits), which are called febrile convulsions.
In very rare cases, children experience severe fever-related seizures known as complex febrile convulsions. In such cases, there is a risk for brain injury that may lead to temporal lobe epilepsy, but this risk is very small.
Of this group of individuals with history of febrile convulsions, approximately one third will have another seizure associated with another febrile episode.
Most illnesses which cause fever and febrile convulsions are the common coughs, colds, and virus infections which are not usually serious. However, the illness that causes the fever is sometimes serious, for example, pneumonia.
Is there a link between febrile convulsions as a child and adult epileptic seizures?
Young children may have a wide range of symptoms that resemble other conditions such as bronchiolitis, croup, or otitis media (middle ear infection). Rarely febrile convulsions (fitting associated with high temperature) may occur.
thermoregulatory mechanisms may contribute to hyperthermia and result in arrhythmias, ischemia, mental status changes, or heart failure from increased metabolic demands. In children between the ages of 6 months and 6 years, febrile convulsions may ...
Brain infections such as meningitis or encephalitis also increase your risk of developing epilepsy.
Prolonged febrile convulsions (seizures due to a high fever) during childhood may increase your risk ...
One of the risk factors that may predispose children to, in particular, mesial TLE is complicated or prolonged febrile convulsions before the age of five years. Mesial TLE can also run in some families.
Long-term intellectual and behavioral outcomes of children with febrile convulsions. N Engl J Med 1998; 338:1723.
Berg AT, Shinnar S, Levy SR, Testa FM. Childhood-onset epilepsy with and without preceding febrile seizures. Neurology 1999; 53:1742.
 See also: Convulsions, Symptom, Fever, Seizures, Seizure
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