The aims of treatment of febrile convulsion are three-fold: • to stop the convulsion; • to treat any underlying infection (e.g. urinary tract infection, otitis media) which might have caused fever; • to prevent further febrile convulsions. Febrile convulsions in most children stop of their own accord, usually after 4-5 minutes. Short-lived febrile convulsions are [...]

Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) are disturbances of brain function, usually lasting from two minutes to two hours, but sometimes for as long as 24 hours, which leave no trace. During a TIA, the victim may be paralyzed, unable to talk, or experience tingling or other unusual feelings on one side of the face or in [...]

Signs and symptoms The symptoms of sinusitis include fever (sometimes as high as 40.6°C), pain, stuffy nose, and cough. Depending on the location of the infection, headache may occur in the back of the head (infection of a sphenoid sinus), at the temples and over the eyes (infection of the ethmoid and frontal sinuses), or [...]