In contrast, the mortality rate among children with simple febrile seizures (≤15 minutes, without recurrence within 24 hours) was similar to the rate in the general population.

Febrile seizures are a common occurrence in young children, typically affecting those between six months and five years of age. These seizures are triggered by fever, often due to infections ...

who presented with their first complex febrile seizure (focal seizures, duration >15 minutes, multiple seizures within 24 hours) to a tertiary care pediatric emergency department in Boston between ...

(It is, in fact, impossible for someone to swallow their own tongue, and it is not recommended that you put a foreign object in someone’s mouth during a seizure.) Maverick suffered a febrile ...