What is a febrile seizure?
Febrile seizure is the seizure (fits or convulsions) in children who is suffering from fever and doesn’t have any neurological illness. Seizures that occur after vaccination are also included in this category. Usually the seizure does not last for more than 10 minutes and usually not more than one episode per febrile episode. After the attack of seizure is over, the patient recovers fully without any neurological deficit. There may be a family history of febrile convulsions in the siblings. Febrile convulsions are unusual before the age of six months and after 5 years. When the febrile seizures last for more than 15 minutes or if the child suffers from more than one attack of convulsion per episode of fever, it is called complex febrile seizure. What is the treatment for febrile seizure? Before treating a child with febrile seizures, infective conditions of the central nervous system like meningitis and encephalitis should be ruled out. Febrile convulsions are managed by prompt reducti
