EPILEPSY: THE FACTS-TREATMENT
April 28th, 2009
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 [...]