Diagnosis of Febrile Fits

Creator: Dr. Ramya Ananthakrishnan
Keywords: Febrile fits, history, EEG, abnormal rhythm, blood investigations, lumbar puncture

Written by - Dr. Ramya Ananthakrishnan, MD

Medically Reviewed by - Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond)

Last Updated on Sep 29, 2022

Diagnosis of Febrile Fits

Febrile fits is diagnosed by the doctor by careful history taking with due consideration given to the age of the child and the family history.

EEG helps in classifying the type of febrile fits. In simple febrile fits, EEG is normal while in atypical febrile fits, EEG may show abnormal rhythm.

In addition, blood investigations and lumbar puncture is indicated in few special situations to rule out any infection Puncture involves taking a sample of fluid that surrounds the spinal cord to look for any signs of inflammation.

Published on Nov 12, 2014
Last Updated on Sep 29, 2022

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Pravakakarla - Sep 25, 2014

My neice is 3 years old and whenever he gets a fever he has a seizure. He falls unconsious imediately. Its been twice since the last 8 months. He has been checked by every possible doctor..its really embarassing seeing a lil kid like that falling unconsious in our hands. Can u plz suggest how can dis be prevented. He is using a syrup named epitom now

sherlee - Feb 11, 2012

iam 17 years old when i get up early in the morning and go to sleep late at night i feel like fits and i'm suddenly unconscious after that i feel giddiness what is it ? is it a fits or hysteria

ennairam_23 - May 28, 2011

Febrile fits are scary.

achuadi - Nov 12, 2009

I am 13 YEARS OLD HAVING HEADACHE SINCE 2 YEARS. I GET CHECKED my EYES- THEREIS NO PROBLEM AND HEAD XRAY ALSO HAS BEEN TAKEN ENT SEPECIALIST SAYS THERE IS NO PROBLEM IN me. BUT my PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED. IS THIS BEGINING STAGE OF FITS Iam WORRIED VERY MUCH AS Iam FACING 10TH CLASS EXAMS IN THE COMMING YEAR.PLEASE HELP ME OUT IN THIS REGARD

REGARDS
Archana N Koushik

vjay10 - Sep 02, 2009

i have getting fits in sleep..from 15 years iam using somany types of tabs and also in xray,scanning ecg ...there is no reult...please give me solution..only in night sleeping time only...after getting fits morning time i will get headeach ful...my fits time is just 2 or 3 minutes only....give me solution please...iam a villager student now ihave 22 years.this problem iam suffering from when iam studying 5thclass....this is my problem.....B.vijaykumar(mca)