Does Topamax Cause Seizures After 18 Months Of Usefulness?

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Definition

A febrile seizure is a convulsion in a child triggered by a fever. These convulsions occur without any brain or spinal cord infection or other nervous system (neurologic) cause.


Alternative Names

Seizure - fever induced


Causes, incidence, and risk factors

About 3 - 5% of otherwise healthy children between ages 9 months and 5 years will have a seizure caused by a fever. Toddlers are most commonly affected. Febrile seizures often run in families.

Most febrile seizures occur in the first 24...

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