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What To Do If Child Gets Fits When Having High Fever?
My daughter who's 5 1/2 yrs old , whenever fever goes high she's having epilepsy, yesterday also she had fits, at that time there was no temperature after that she' had temperature. During these 5 1/2 yrs she had fits 7 times. All those came during fever. Pls help me doctor. what should i do?
Wed, 27 May 2015
HI based on your history , your kid had Febrile seizures ,which occurs in 7-10% of children.But, as they are recurrent needs proper evaluation by a child specialist or a pediatric Neurologist nearer to your place.Needs antiepileptic medications after proper evaluation.
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