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12 year old with complex febrile seizures
Wed, 09/09/2009 - 09:25Topic: Parents & Caregivers
I have searched everywhere trying to find any parent that has had a child with febrile seizures over the age that most children outgrow them....to no avail. My son has had complex febrile seizures since he was 13 months old, he is now 12 and half years old. His latest seizure was yesterday and once again accompanied with a fever due to a case of strep throat. Our neurologist told us a year ago that my son is in the 5 percent of children that have them over the age of 7. But, I, however can not find any child/parent that has had our same experience. Will my son ever outgrow these seizures? I am disheartened. I had been told for years that he would, but he has not. Why is he not outgrowing them, when most children do? Please.....any answers?
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Hi Im on the same page with
Submitted by lesly_5a738a42315ed on Thu, 2018-02-01 - 16:44
Hi Im on the same page with you my son is almost 10 years old and still get this seizures , his neurologist infor me the same thing that he was going to growth out of them when he was five but that do not happen . Hi got his last seizure two day ago and they think he is developing epilepsia they going to run more test on him to to confirm this diagnosis
I just want to say that your
Submitted by e3nakabayashi_henson on Mon, 2018-03-05 - 00:47
I just want to say that your not alone! Our son had his first febrile seizure when he was 5 months old. And from that first one we were told that since it had lasted for so long (and he was seizing in the flight for life as well) that he had some brain damage. He does currently have a learning disability, but he is very coordinated and athletic :) he is 7 and a half years old, and has had around 10 thus far. He recently had a febrile seizure from strep and slight pnhumeonia. The doctor wants to do an EEG since he is past the textbook age for having febrile seizures. He just wants to make sure that he isn't developing epilepsy? From my understanding, febrile seizures can turn into epilepsy. But what it sounds like from here, that that isn't necessarily so! :) I don't always listen to what the docs say because when our son was just a little guy the neurologist was trying to put him on Kepra. And if we would have done THAT then we would have NEVER realized that he had seizures due to a fever.
Hi I am 15 and I have febrile
Submitted by Kaylee2002 on Mon, 2017-09-18 - 01:31
Hi I am 15 and I have febrile seizures. I have had then since I was a baby and I was wondering if it is something to be alarmed about. The last seizure I had was last night.