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Does Epileptic Discharge Lead To High Grade Fever?

my son is 5 year old, his wt is 12.5 kg & ht.is 3ft sir his problem isthat when he is 1y old he got suffered from high grade fever its 105 &he had seizers and this month again same situation had happened this time doctor suggest us to EEG in EEG we found Epelepsic discharge from left side .sir, i want to know that fever is related to that problem only
Wed, 21 Oct 2015
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Hi...by what you quote i feel that your kid is having simple febrile seizures. It is common for some kids to have this during very high temperature. 4% of normal kids in general population can have this type of seizures form 6 months to 6 years of life.

For just one episode there is no need to do an EEG or any other brain scan. The EEG will obviously be abnormal if performed within one week of any seizure. This doesn't mean that the kid will require anti epileptic drugs.

All the treatment that is required is using of Clobazam for the first 2 days of any fever. This is a prescription drug and you need to consult your pediatrician for this. I am telling to use Clobazam only for the first 2 days because the probability of the kid getting seizures is most in the first 48 hours of fever.

Coming to your query, the seizures are due to high fever, but the fever is not due to seizures.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth



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Does Epileptic Discharge Lead To High Grade Fever?

Hi...by what you quote i feel that your kid is having simple febrile seizures. It is common for some kids to have this during very high temperature. 4% of normal kids in general population can have this type of seizures form 6 months to 6 years of life. For just one episode there is no need to do an EEG or any other brain scan. The EEG will obviously be abnormal if performed within one week of any seizure. This doesn t mean that the kid will require anti epileptic drugs. All the treatment that is required is using of Clobazam for the first 2 days of any fever. This is a prescription drug and you need to consult your pediatrician for this. I am telling to use Clobazam only for the first 2 days because the probability of the kid getting seizures is most in the first 48 hours of fever. Coming to your query, the seizures are due to high fever, but the fever is not due to seizures. Regards - Dr. Sumanth