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Febrile Seizure
Pediatrics · Neurological
Mild
Severity
Common — affects roughly 2-5% of children, most often between six months and five years of age
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Pediatrics
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Triggered by a rapid increase in body temperature associated with a viral or bacterial infection
- 2most commonly common childhood illnesses such as ear infections
- 3respiratory infections
- 4or roseola. It is thought to result from the immature developing brain's heightened sensitivity to rapid temperature changes. Risk factors include a family history of febrile seizures
- 5young age
- 6and recent vaccination
- 7which can cause a temporary fever in some children.
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