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  • Febrile Convulsions
    Febrile convulsions are quite common in young children. As many as one in every 20 children has a febrile convulsion between the ages of one and four.

  • Infantile Convulsions
    When a child has an very high fever from an infection, the body temperature rises to the point where the child's temperature regulation mechanism can't cope. At this point, the child convulses. The convulsions only lasts a few minutes, and in general, they have no lasting effect on the child.

  • Seizures and Convulsions in Infants
    Seizure disorders are common in the pediatric age group, but to the families who witness their child's first attack, such a statistic is meaningless because they are overwhelmed by what they interpret to be a catastrophic event.

  • Infantile Convulsions
    When a child has an very high fever from an infection, the body temperature rises to the point where the child's temperature regulation mechanism can't cope. At this point, the child convulses. The convulsions only lasts a few minutes, and in general, they have no lasting effect on the child.


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