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Will My Baby Get Febrile Seizure Again At Some Point In Time When He Has Fever?
Question: My baby is 1.5 years old. Weighs 10 kg. He developed a cold 2c days back and day before yesterday he had fever at night.I gave him Sinarest syrup(which also had paracetamol in it).But I dint give him any additional paracetamol.By morning the fever had increased and he had febrile seizures which lasted for 2 to 3 mins.He became normal after that. We consulted doctor and they mentioned it's normal when the fever is high.We are giving him paracetamol every 4 hour and the fever is reduced.
baby has no other health issues. Nobody in the family has any serious heart issue.
however after this episode I'm really worried.
1.Will my baby get febrile seizure again at some point in time when he has fever?
2.Can we prevent this?
3will this febrile seizures have any effect on brain?
baby has no other health issues. Nobody in the family has any serious heart issue.
however after this episode I'm really worried.
1.Will my baby get febrile seizure again at some point in time when he has fever?
2.Can we prevent this?
3will this febrile seizures have any effect on brain?
Brief Answer:
Nothing to worry
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
This is called febrile seizure, and is not a serious concern. It is very common in children between 6months to 5 years of age. If child had a normal development so far, and no seizure apart from fever, we need not worry.
Give Paracetamol every 6 hours. 4 hours is too early. If fever persists beyond 3-4 days, we can evaluate further.
Now, your questions:
1. Yes, there is chance of repeated seizure during future febrile episodes until he is about 5 years of age. But, no worries.
2. We can give anti-epileptic drugs during first 72 hours of fever episodes to prevent this until he is 5 years. But this is needed only if it recurs during next fever. Many children will have only one episode in life.
3. Simple febrile seizures are absolutely harmless and will not affect brain growth/function
I hope this answer will help
If you need further clarification, I will be happy to help
Dr Muhammed Aslam, Paediatrician
Thanks.
Nothing to worry
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
This is called febrile seizure, and is not a serious concern. It is very common in children between 6months to 5 years of age. If child had a normal development so far, and no seizure apart from fever, we need not worry.
Give Paracetamol every 6 hours. 4 hours is too early. If fever persists beyond 3-4 days, we can evaluate further.
Now, your questions:
1. Yes, there is chance of repeated seizure during future febrile episodes until he is about 5 years of age. But, no worries.
2. We can give anti-epileptic drugs during first 72 hours of fever episodes to prevent this until he is 5 years. But this is needed only if it recurs during next fever. Many children will have only one episode in life.
3. Simple febrile seizures are absolutely harmless and will not affect brain growth/function
I hope this answer will help
If you need further clarification, I will be happy to help
Dr Muhammed Aslam, Paediatrician
Thanks.
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