{"id":533,"date":"2017-03-30T06:35:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T06:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/paediatrics\/febrile-convulsion\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T11:25:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:25:25","slug":"febrile-convulsion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/paediatrics\/febrile-convulsion\/","title":{"rendered":"Febrile convulsion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Data gathering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Red flags &#8211; previous convulsion in same febrile illness, rash, photophobia, drowsiness, floppy, vomiting, leg pains, cold hands\/feet<\/li>\n<li>Others &#8211; pregnancy\/birth\/immunisation\/development history, post ictal phase, head injury<\/li>\n<li>Examine &#8211; temp, HR, RR, abdo\/cvs\/resp\/ENT<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-box-blue\">\n<h4><strong>Clinical management<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Refer\n<ul>\n<li>First febrile seizure<\/li>\n<li>If not simple febrile convulsion (see below)<\/li>\n<li>If recent antibiotics (can mask infection)<\/li>\n<li>If no focus found<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>First aid during seizure\n<ul>\n<li>Note time seizure started<\/li>\n<li>Lay child on side with head tilted back<\/li>\n<li>Remove excess clothing<\/li>\n<li>Call 999 if &gt;5 minute duration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Explanation\n<ul>\n<li>A febrile convulsion is a fit that occurs with fever &#8211; between ages 6 months -&gt; 5 years<\/li>\n<li>They occur with common illness like colds, ear infections<\/li>\n<li>Full recovery is usual<\/li>\n<li>1 in 25 kids have a febrile convulsion<\/li>\n<li>1 in 50 develop epilepsy (likely fit is due to epilepsy, not the fit causes epilepsy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data gathering Red flags &#8211; previous convulsion in same febrile illness, rash, photophobia, drowsiness, floppy, vomiting, leg pains, cold hands\/feet Others &#8211; pregnancy\/birth\/immunisation\/development history, post ictal phase, head injury Examine &#8211; temp, HR, RR, abdo\/cvs\/resp\/ENT &nbsp; Clinical management Refer First febrile seizure If not simple febrile convulsion (see below) If recent antibiotics (can mask infection) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/paediatrics\/febrile-convulsion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Febrile convulsion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":96,"menu_order":87,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-533","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1566,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/533\/revisions\/1566"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papergp.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}