Febrile convulsions (fits)

Febrile convulsions (fits)

my 2 years old has these fits every time he gets to hot wen he ill, its very scary an i would just like to see if there is any one eles out there tht hasa kid that has them to would just like to have a chat about it me n my patner get very worried and scared. plz emale or contact me some how thanx.

Re: Febrile convulsions (fits) In reply to: steff

Hi Steff,

Neither of my children have had the fits you are talking about, but I am a Nursery Nurse of 9 years and have cared for a lot of children who have had them and i know how scary that was for me, so im guessing as a perent its 100 times worse, but as you have probably been told by your GP its just the bodies way of cooling down! scary but effective!

take care

claire

Re: Febrile convulsions (fits) In reply to: steff

Hi, I used to have febrile convulsions when I was a child.  As a result I did not have my children's vaccinations until adulthood, cos Doctors were scared of them triggering a fit.  I don't know if that is the rule of thumb now, anyway, i ended up having a lumberpuncture procedure, to take fluid from my spine, to test to see if It was a long term thing that I would have fits for rest of my life, but I dont, I grew out of it by school age.  I was lucky as my Mum was a Nurse, and she always said she would lower my body temperature before I got so warm as it would then lead to a convulsion, by being bathed in tepid bath. Good luck