What effect do febrile seizures have on parents and caregivers?
Parents and caregivers can be very frightened and distressed when their child experiences a febrile seizure. CDC-sponsored studies of physicians’ and mothers’ opinions about MMRV vaccine [135KB / 21 pages] suggest that parents and caregivers generally consider febrile seizures to be a more severe adverse event than physicians do. Multiple studies show that when a child experiences a febrile seizure, it may have a negative effect on the family due to the stress felt by the parents and caregivers.
