Myth-busting febrile seizures in children

Febrile convulsions are terrifying for parents to watch. As clinicians, it's important to give accurate advice to families about their child's febrile seizures.

Here are 5 febrile convulsion myths

00:00 Intro
00:44 Myth 1: you have to keep the fever down
01:44 Myth 2: febrile seizures mean the child has epilepsy
02:43 Myth 3: febrile seizures always need medication to stop them
03:20 Myth 4: febrile seizures cause brain damage
03:58 Myth 5: we have to admit every child with a febrile seizure

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[anthonybelton-ford]

My 5 year old son had his first and hopefully last one yesterday, convulsing, spasms, foaming etc, purple lips, bit his tongue so the foam came out semi-read. I thought he was dead, I never want to feel that again. For someone so COMMON or relatively common, every mum and dad should know what this is!

[hermionesheldon]

I wish I'd seen this before I had kids. Very helpful, thank you.

[vf]

This is awesome information. No fear, just facts

[AndreiFantastic]

We can’t seem to tell if they’re simple of complex. Baby had one big simple one where they completely seized but now gets ticks/head shaking/repetitive motions everytime she gets a temp. Idk what to do at this point

[jimmyjam]

If febrile convulsions don’t cause brain damage, why do we give benzodiazepines to stop them?