Hi,
After reading your post and re-reading my original post, I realized this may not be conflicting information...just confusing information. The "fever medicine" does not prevent seizures, and I hope no doctor has said this! The fever medicine is only to help manage the symptoms of the fever, so that your child is more comfortable. Certainly once the medication wears off, if the child's fever rises suddenly again, then a febrile seizure can occur again.
Also, it is best to keep the child cool, but still clothed (depending on climate), as if the child gets too cold or if they feel drafts of cool air on exposed skin, this can create their body to shiver from the coolness...and the shivering can actually increase their temperature. It's a balance between making your child comfortable, cool but not too cold or "drafty", and managing their symptoms with medicine if appropriate. A fever in-and-of-itself is not bad, and is actually their body's way of being helpful!
I am so sorry your child had two febrile seizures before the age of 2. My son did as well, and it is the scariest thing we have been through with him. He is now 3.5, and has had a high fever with no seizure...we hope he has grown out of that phase, as I hope we never have to witness the seizure/blue lips/no breathing again.. it's just a parent's worst nightmare (and, we have plenty of them regarding our little ones!)
Thank you for sharing your experience with us, and I hope your little girl is feeling good!
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Hi,
After reading your post and re-reading my original post, I realized this may not be conflicting information...just confusing information. The "fever medicine" does not prevent seizures, and I hope no doctor has said this! The fever medicine is only to help manage the symptoms of the fever, so that your child is more comfortable. Certainly once the medication wears off, if the child's fever rises suddenly again, then a febrile seizure can occur again.
Also, it is best to keep the child cool, but still clothed (depending on climate), as if the child gets too cold or if they feel drafts of cool air on exposed skin, this can create their body to shiver from the coolness...and the shivering can actually increase their temperature. It's a balance between making your child comfortable, cool but not too cold or "drafty", and managing their symptoms with medicine if appropriate. A fever in-and-of-itself is not bad, and is actually their body's way of being helpful!
I am so sorry your child had two febrile seizures before the age of 2. My son did as well, and it is the scariest thing we have been through with him. He is now 3.5, and has had a high fever with no seizure...we hope he has grown out of that phase, as I hope we never have to witness the seizure/blue lips/no breathing again.. it's just a parent's worst nightmare (and, we have plenty of them regarding our little ones!)
Thank you for sharing your experience with us, and I hope your little girl is feeling good!
March 21, 2010 - 1:25pmThis Comment
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