Patient's question:
Symptoms at half a year old: Suddenly his eyes became straight and he didn't respond, then he had a seizure and passed out, with a slight fever.Onset time and cause: December 12, 2009
Treatment: Received a sedative shot and IV fluids. Blood tests and CT scans were normal.
Help needed: What could have caused this? Will it happen again...
Doctor's answer:
Hello, there are many causes of seizures in children. They can be broadly categorized into febrile seizures and afebrile seizures based on the presence or absence of fever. Febrile seizures include high fever seizures, most of which are caused by infectious diseases. Common intracranial infectious diseases include meningitis, brain abscesses, encephalitis, and cerebral parasitic diseases. Extracranial infectious diseases commonly include high fever seizures and various severe infections (such as toxic dysentery, toxic pneumonia, sepsis, etc.). Afebrile seizures are mostly caused by non-infectious diseases, in addition to common epilepsy, there are also water and electrolyte disorders, hypoglycemia, drug poisoning, food poisoning, genetic metabolic diseases, brain trauma, brain tumors, etc. It is recommended to seek medical attention, allowing doctors to combine medical history, relevant physical examinations, and laboratory tests to confirm the diagnosis and provide timely, targeted treatment.