Patient's question:
The child has recently been running a low fever and has been experiencing some twitching and being unresponsive or spaced out. I don't know whether it's because they're young or due to epilepsy. How can this be diagnosed? What kind of help is needed: How is pediatric epilepsy diagnosed?Doctor's answer:
The child has recently had a slight fever and some twitching, as well as a trance-like state where they don't respond to others. This cannot be diagnosed as a seizure. If high fever is accompanied by twitching and loss of consciousness, it can only be diagnosed as a febrile seizure. Because once the fever subsides, the twitching will no longer recur, and the seizure will also disappear. Epilepsy, however, is different. Epilepsy has no direct relationship with fever. The characteristics of pediatric epilepsy are partial onset, location, and state, where it can suddenly recur without any warning. Among these, tonic-clonic seizures are the most common, with the majority sudden generalized twitching accompanied by loss of consciousness, biting one's teeth, slapping the table, bluish or pale complexion, and incontinence of urine and feces. Your child does not have epilepsy. Please seek treatment for the underlying condition causing the fever as soon as possible.