febrile seizure - anyone w/ experience?

Re: febrile seizure - anyone w/ experience?

• allinduetime

  February 2010

  they are scary!  i haven't had first hand experience with my own kids, but i'm a pediatric nurse, so i've seen it in other kids.

  once they have one, there's always the chance of it happening again with another fever - the key to avoiding them is to treat fever at its onset before it has a chance to spike, and keeping meds in their system round the clock - not letting too much time lapse between doses.

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• macchiatto member

  February 2010

  They are scary. Sorry that happened.
  My 3-year-old nephew had one this fall and hasn't had one since. Hopefully your LO won't have another one either!
  

  fraternal twin boys born january 2009

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• SMILEYD

  February 2010

  I dont think this is common so I hope I dont scare you but my nephew deals with them and hes 6. He comes from a family who had epilepsy and his two younger brothers actually have a form of epilepsy.

  I know for the 6yr old, he is constantly monitered. He has his temp taken every day. It can spike quickly. Anytime he gets sick, he can seizure and normally they will get him tylenol or a warm bath to bring down fever.

  MOST grow out of them. Very common unfortunately and yes very scary.

   

   

  

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• omalley

  February 2010

  Thanks for the input.  We have our fingers crossed that that was his one and only but I know I am going to be watching him like a hawk when he is only the slightest bit warm.

  I had never heard of them which made it even scarier.
  

   
  

  

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• sweet*18 member

  February 2010

  DD had a febrile seizure when she was 1 yr and 4 months.  It was the worst thing that ever happened.  She is now 4 and hasnt had one since.  Whenever she seems to be getting sick, we start taking her temp and if it gets to 99 we start giving her Tylenol.  I know it seems like a low temp but she was at 100.1 and 15 min later she had a febrile seizure.  We also had never heard of it and they never determined what caused it.  I'm sorry you went through this, the best is just to try and monitor when they start getting a cold or any type of sickness. 
  

  

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• ncsubride member

  February 2010

  My son had one a few months ago and it was so scary.  Thankfully he hasn't had another one but the second he has a low grade fever he gets Motrin and we watch him like a hawk.

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