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What Could Persistent Fever Followed By Seizure In A Child Indicate?

My granddaughter is 4 in Oct. Last summer she experienced several weeks of low grade fevers with no other symptoms but fatigue. As the fever persisted, her pediatrician tested for the usual, strep, urinary tract infection etc, but everything came out negative. The fevers started to spike higher, but responded quickly and well to either tylenol or motrin. My daughter lives in a rather woodsy area in Virginia, so requested testing for lyme disease. The pediatrician finally agreed and on the day that they were taking her to Ft. Belvoir (husband is a marine) for the test, she began to seize. Not a seizure with tremors, but with a catatonic look and no other response. She was rushed by ambulance to a local hospital, where after appearing to recover she went into a full blown seizure that they could not control with meds. She went by heliocopter to Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital, Children
Thu, 1 Oct 2020
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Hi,

Your grand daughter had fits secondary to most likely meningitis or encephalitis. In children febrile fits are also very common that is the seizure during illness due to high grade fever. Other than these two possibilities, the third could be epilepsy but that is less likely as she was having fever. I hope she is in good tertiary care hospital and all the blood tests would be taken care of like lumbar puncture and CT scan of the brain.

Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin, General & Family Physician
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What Could Persistent Fever Followed By Seizure In A Child Indicate?

Hi, Your grand daughter had fits secondary to most likely meningitis or encephalitis. In children febrile fits are also very common that is the seizure during illness due to high grade fever. Other than these two possibilities, the third could be epilepsy but that is less likely as she was having fever. I hope she is in good tertiary care hospital and all the blood tests would be taken care of like lumbar puncture and CT scan of the brain. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Saddiq Ulabidin, General & Family Physician