My understanding is fever can cause seizure in patients who only have tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizures, but its extremely rare. So how would a physician differentiate between a febrile seizure and a tonic-clonic seizure in a patient with high fever?
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1] febrile seizures are rare in adults, but can and do happen to children under six more often
2] if this is a first time seizure, and the patient is under six years old; the doctor will likely diagnose a febrile seizure
3] if older child teen, or adult; the doctor will def order follow up tests to test for seizure disorder
4] if patient is under six, many times the doctor may order follow up tests rule out a seizure disorder, anyway
PS: each of my sons had one febrile seizure each [ at exactly the same age - 20 months ]; and no furthur seizure actitvity, ever. Thank God.
2] if this is a first time seizure, and the patient is under six years old; the doctor will likely diagnose a febrile seizure
3] if older child teen, or adult; the doctor will def order follow up tests to test for seizure disorder
4] if patient is under six, many times the doctor may order follow up tests rule out a seizure disorder, anyway
PS: each of my sons had one febrile seizure each [ at exactly the same age - 20 months ]; and no furthur seizure actitvity, ever. Thank God.
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Try reading the question next time.
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A deficiency in vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) causes seizures!
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