Is a 6.5-year-old child with fever and convulsions considered to have epilepsy?

Patient's question:

Four episodes of fever and convulsions before the age of one to four, now six and a half years old, had another episode of fever and convulsions this morning.

Doctor's answer:

It could be febrile seizures. It could also be epilepsy, which is caused by abnormal brain discharges leading to convulsions and other epilepsy symptoms such as petit mal seizures. The treatment method involves timely oral medication to control clinical symptoms, and it can also be treated through oral traditional Chinese medicine and needle embedding methods.

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