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First of all, you
should take your child to see the Doctor immediately or to the closest
emergency room.
What sounds like
happened is that your child had a "febrile seizure" or convulsion
because of a high body temperature. This may occur in any child in the
age of six months to five years of age.
Although, febrile
seizures can be very scary to parents, they usually do not cause any
long-term problems to the children that have them, especially when they
last < 5 minutes. There is no proven method to prevent febrile seizures
from affecting your child. As I said, they usually occur with a very
high body temperature. If your child has had a febrile seizure, he has a
slightly increased chance of having another febrile seizure during his
childhood. Febrile seizures DO NOT cause epilepsy.
What I think is more
important, is that you must determine why your child has a high fever to
have caused this seizure. Many causes may include ear infections, throat
infections, urinary tract infections, or even possibly meningitis, which
is an infection of the fluid around the brain. This is why I feel that
it is very important for you to go to your doctor or emergency room
right away to determine why your child had this high fever.
Thank you and I hope
your child feels better, Dr. Mike.
This
article was reviewed
04/23/2010 07:24 AM
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