Seizure precipitated by febrile infection
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Any form of seizure occurring at the time of a fever (temperature at or above 38.0 degrees Celcius) without infection of the central nervous system, and without an alternative cause such as severe metabolic derangement, occurring at any age. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28276060 ]
Synonyms: Fever induced seizure
Term information
Typically febrile seizures are limited to the age range of 3 months to 6 years and not accompanied or preceded by afebrile seizures; in this case febrile seizures are not considered indicative of epilepsy. When febrile seizures occur prior to the age of 3 months, or continue beyond the 6th birthday, or when a person has both febrile seizures and afebrile generalized tonic-clonic seizures then a diagnosis of Febrile Seizures Plus (an epilepsy syndrome) may be made.