Occur only once per 24-hour period. Events that seem otherwise like febrile seizures but that violate these rules, usually by longer duration or by having multiple recurrences in 24 hours, are ...

When a child has a fever, their body can ache, they are restless and they just don't feel well. While a fever is a part of our natural response to infection, the fever itself can lead to complications ...

Haley Sittner was providing some TLC to her then 16-month-old son, Henry, who had a cold caused by a viral infection with fever, when she drifted off to sleep with him in her arms. She was awoken by ...

To stratify the risk of future epilepsy, physicians have historically used lumbar puncture, neuroimaging, and electroencephalography in these patients. Four predictors of future epilepsy in children ...

Febrile seizures happen in early childhood and are caused by a fever higher than 100.4 degrees F. The fever usually comes from an illness such as an ear infection, a cold, or influenza (the flu). They ...

When a high fever triggers seizures in a child, the experience can be very scary for the parents, but most of the time, the seizures will resolve on their own. Febrile seizures are convulsions that ...

Febrile seizures are usually not life-threatening, according to a study of more than 55,000 children. “Parents should be reassured that death after febrile seizures is very rare, even in high-risk ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine, researchers investigated the incidence of febrile seizures (FS) among severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ...

Seizures in babies occur when an unusual burst of electrical activity occurs between neurons, or brain cells, in the brain. Signs and symptoms include eye rolling, clenching of muscles, and keeping ...