Occur only once per 24-hour period. Events that seem otherwise like febrile seizures but that violate these rules, usually by longer duration or by having multiple recurrences in 24 hours, are ...

The type of seizure you have depends on what area and how much of the brain's electrical activity is affected.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — Saint Joseph Medical System is warning parents that febrile seizures can happen when your child has a high-grade fever. WSBT 22 spoke with a family that experienced ...

— Seizures are waves of abnormal electrical ac­tivity in the brain. They can make you pass out, move, or behave strange­ly. “Febrile” means that a fever causes the seizure. A febrile seizure is a ...

Sept. 19 -- FRIDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Mutations in a sodium channel gene are associated with fever-induced seizures and a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome in children 6 months ...

Background. Klein and colleagues have previously published data [1] on the frequency of febrile seizures after receipt of the measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine. They demonstrated that the ...

All children get fevers. And for most, the fever runs its course with no unusual circumstances other than a cranky or lethargic child. But for 4 percent of children under the age of five, a fever can ...

Access to the measles and chicken pox vaccine could change based on recommendations from the CDC's advisory committee.