Patient's question:
A four-year-old child with fever and convulsions, experienced 13 episodes in 13 years. This year, from May to July, they had four consecutive convulsions. The last one was on the 28th of last month. MRI was normal, but EEG showed abnormalities. Can it be diagnosed as epilepsy?Doctor's answer:
Hello, according to your description, if there are four consecutive convulsions this year under the condition of fever, and each time it is convulsions after high fever, this cannot be diagnosed as epilepsy. If it is convulsions after high fever, it is a febrile seizure, and children are generally prone to convulsions after high fever. However, if convulsions are caused by fever each time, it may lead to brain damage, which could result in future epilepsy.