Fever by Adams Media

Author:Adams Media
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: health, childcare, fever
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2012-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Seizure Prevention

Most parents believe that seizures themselves cause permanent damage to the brain. As scary as it may be to witness your child going through a seizure, the seizure attack itself is rarely dangerous. If the seizure does not last more than a few minutes, it is virtually impossible for it to cause any harm to the brain. Even if a child ends up having a seizure that was triggered by a fever, there is no need to fret over the possibility of brain damage.

Most children will never have a seizure, no matter how high their fever runs. For those few children who do have the propensity to develop seizures, research has clearly shown that aggressive regimen of fever reducers does not prevent febrile seizures from recurring. The only proven method to prevent febrile seizures is a daily dose of antiseizure medication. Most physicians do not recommend this because of the potential serious side effects of taking an antiseizure medication on a long-term basis.

Alert

It is not necessary to take your child to the emergency room every time she has a febrile seizure. If the seizure lasts less than a few minutes and does not recur, just call the pediatrician for an appointment.

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