Patients with recurrent fever can present a particular challenge to the practicing rheumatologist. Diagnosis and appropriate management require familiarity with the unique clinical characteristics and ...

Prolonged febrile seizures in young children have long been suspected to lead to temporal lobe epilepsy, but how this occurs has been unclear. A new study (pages 1271–1278) in rats showing that ...

OSLO, Norway — Recurrent febrile seizures in children are associated with a higher risk of psychiatric disorders and epilepsy in later life, new research shows. Danish investigators found the 30-year ...

The risk of febrile convulsions increases with the child's fever, and children who suffer from repeated febrile convulsions during their first year of life have an increased risk of developing ...

When body temperature rises because of an infection or inflammation, this can cause a febrile seizure or febrile convulsion. It does not mean the person has epilepsy. Febrile seizures can occur at any ...

When a child has a fever, their body can ache, they are restless and they just don't feel well. While a fever is a part of our natural response to infection, the fever itself can lead to complications ...

Children are very sensitive and equally vulnerable to diseases and infection. Infants can especially catch infection very quickly as their immune system is not fully developed and is comparatively ...

Febrile neutropenia is defined as the onset of fever (body temperature 100.5° F or higher) and a neutrophil count below 500/μL. Febrile neutropenia is a serious risk in severely neutropenic ...

In the article that accompanies this commentary, Zimmer and Freifeld 8 summarize state of the art practices related to the optimal management of patients with established febrile neutropenia. As the ...

Looking for reliable medications to treat 'Febrile Fits / Febrile Convulsions '? This page offers a detailed resource for the most up-to-date treatment options, including both generic and brand-name ...

The study covered in this summary was published on researchsquare.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. Docetaxel is a standard treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate ...

Acute pyelonephritis is the most common serious bacterial infection in childhood; many affected children, particularly infants, have severe symptoms. Most cases are readily treated, provided diagnosis ...