This page lists summaries of, and links to, the latest research on Febrile Seizures.
- Causes – including the Genetic links
- Prognosis – including pages on Will it happen again, When will they grow out of it , What time of day / year are they more likely and the risks of developing epilepsy
- Vaccines and Febrile Seizures
- Flu vaccines – from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Chicken Pox vaccines – from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- DTaP/IPV/Hib vaccines – from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
- MMR vaccines – from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- MMRV (i.e. combined MMR and Chicken Pox) vaccines – from the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
- Treatment – traditional approaches involve fever reducing medicines (aka antipyretics) and Sodium-channel blocking anticonvulsants but recent research is exploring additional approaches including Calcium-channel blockers (e.g. nimodipine) and CO2.
Anyone who wants to familiarise themselves with the latest research on febrile seizures is strongly encouraged to browse the article listed on Google Scholar.