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Febrile Seizure

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Terv · 02/02/2022 17:33

I had my 2 year granddaughter on Monday. She seemed fine, eating, drinking, out playing in the garden. She did feel a little hot but I wasn't worried as she was still playing happily and eating. Later she was sat on my tummy when she stared into space. I jumped up as he eyes started to roll back and vomit came from her nose and she stopped breathing. I bent her over and made sure the sick was all out her mouth and then sat her back up for a cuddle. By this point I was on the phone to the emergency services getting an ambulance. Since then she has been in and out the hospital as she cannot keep her temp down. Shes been put onto paracetamol and ibuprofen every 4 hours until Sunday, and if her temp still spikes she's to go back in. She has tested positive for a common childhood virus. Has anyone had experience of this? Did the temperature sort itself once the virus disappeared? I felt so helpless and so scared at the time.

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Fantasea · 02/02/2022 22:08

Hi OP, my DD had a febrile seizure just before she was 2 and the experience hasn't left me nearly 25 years later. Like your granddaughter, hers was due to a virus and the treatment was regular calpol and nurofen. Once the virus passed, her temperature went back to normal. As she's had one febrile seizure, it is possible she could have another if her temperature spikes again. It is not the height of the temperature itself which causes the seizure but the rate at which it rises. When my DD started to show signs of any temperature, I would give her calpol and monitor her carefully. Once they are 5 years old, their bodies become more able to handle the rise in temperature and she is then unlikely to have another.

Echobelly · 02/02/2022 22:10

DD had one at nursery when she was 2 and had a bit of a cold, she was was fine not long afterwards.

Purplewithred · 02/02/2022 22:17

It’s very common and a response to a sudden rise in temperature. Some children are prone to them, some not. www.nhs.uk/conditions/febrile-seizures/ It sounds as though you did the right thing - kept her safe, made sure her airway was clear, dialled 999. In the middle of a seizure many people stop breathing (adult and child). It’s a terrifying experience but as @Fantasea says they do grow out of them and if it happens again it will be much less of a shock.

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