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Have a fever
Fever seizures (with fever of >100.4°F / 38°C)
Twitching
My body is jerking
Brain fog
Seizure with fainting
My body is hot
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What is Febrile Seizure?
Febrile seizures are seizures that occur due to high fever caused by viral infections, and less commonly, bacterial infection. They usually occur in children between the ages of 6 months and 3 years. Febrile seizures most often occur within 24 hours of the onset of a fever and can be the first sign that a child is ill. Some children inherit a family's tendency to have seizures with a fever.
Typical Symptoms of Febrile Seizure
- Seizure
- Family history of fits during fevers / febrile seizures
- Tremors of hands and body
- Fever
- Fainting
- Seizure for the first time ever
- Uncontrollable movements
- Seizure lasted longer than 5 minutes
Diagnostic Questions for Febrile Seizure
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
- Have you experienced any seizures?
- Any family history of febrile convulsions or seizures in childhood?
- Are you experiencing tremors in your hands or body?
- Do you have a fever?
- Have you fainted recently?
Treatment of Febrile Seizure
Medication to stop the seizures is administered through the nose (as sprays), the rectum, or injected. These medications are typically used to treat seizures that last longer than five minutes or if the child has more than one seizure within 24 hours. Medication to reduce the fever and treat infection can also beprescribed.
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Unnati Patel, MD, MSc (Family Medicine)
Dr.Patel serves as Center Medical Director and a Primary Care Physician at Oak Street Health in Arizona. She graduated from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine prior to working in clinical research focused on preventive medicine at the University of Illinois and the University of Nevada. Dr. Patel earned her MSc in Global Health from Georgetown University, during which she worked with the WHO in Sierra Leone and Save the Children in Washington, D.C. She went on to complete her Family Medicine residency in Chicago at Norwegian American Hospital before completing a fellowship in Leadership in Value-based Care in conjunction with the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management, where she earned her MBA. Dr. Patel’s interests include health tech and teaching medical students and she currently serves as Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Arizona School of Medicine.
Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal Medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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