Question
My child seems particularly quiet while reading, but I’ve noticed that for the past week, when she lies down or sits, her thighs, knees, shoulders, and arms have been experiencing quite severe pain, with twitching muscles. What kind of disease is this? What’s the difference between febrile convulsions and epilepsy? She’s fine at other times. I’m looking for help: I want to know what the difference is between febrile convulsions and epilepsy.
Answer
Febrile convulsions in children are a type of paroxysmal disease. The common incidence rate is between 0.5 to 6 years old. The seizures usually occur with fever, but there is no infection in the brain during the seizure process. The incidence rate of febrile seizures in boys is higher than that in girls. Secondly, children with febrile seizures typically have generalized convulsions or generalized tonic-clonic seizures. If the recurrence time is between 15 minutes to 2 hours, we call it cross-linked febrile seizures. Febrile convulsions in children are not the same as epilepsy, but regardless of what symptoms appear, parents should send their child to the hospital for examination in a timely manner.