To earn CME related to this news article, click here. January 14, 2009 — Lumbar puncture may not be necessary for a first simple febrile seizure at ages 6 to 18 months because the risk for bacterial ...

A systematic review found that intermittent diazepam and continuous phenobarbitone reduce the recurrence of febrile seizures in children, but the drugs have mild-to-moderate adverse effects. Because ...

We talked one-on-one with pediatric emergency doctor, Clint Pollack from Valley Children's Hospital. He gave parents some needed facts about febrile seizures. A seizure is caused by abnormal, ...

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 ...

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 babies develop a fever high enough or abrupt enough to cause a seizure, frightened parents often rush them to the emergency room, where their workup frequently includes a lumbar puncture (spinal ...

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 ...

One of the scariest things for any parent to see is their child having a seizure. It comes on suddenly and seems to take over the child’s body. Its victims often become unconscious and are thrown into ...

A febrile seizure is a convulsion that can occur when a child has a fever, usually as a result of infection. The seizure often occurs during the first day of a fever, which is defined as a temperature ...

BOISE, Idaho — KTVB’s Maggie O'Mara had perhaps the worst moment any parent can go through Thursday. Her two-year-old son had a high fever and then a sudden seizure. Thanks to an Ada County dispatcher ...

Do babies with febrile seizures need spinal taps? The largest study to date suggests that most can be spared these painful procedures -- if the seizure is uncomplicated and if the baby is ...