Febrile epilepsy

Febrile epilepsy is a rare disorder that affects people with brain damage that causes seizures that occur after their body temperature rises.

The term “febrile” is outdated in medical science for all cases when a person has had episodes of convulsive seizures due to an increase in body temperature from any disease, including an infectious or other inflammatory disease. If the episodes occur in the temporal lobes, then the concept of “temporal” arises.

This type of epilepsy is called benign febrile or Lenegre's syndrome. According to recent studies, atypical epilepsy may cause a risk of brain diseases and dementia. This can also be facilitated by a teenager suffering the first epileptic attack in his life at febrile temperatures. The prognosis undoubtedly influences the assessment of vitality and quality of life of a patient with this disease. However, most cases of epilepsy in young people are relatively mild with the use of antiepileptic drugs (anticonvulsants). Unfortunately, today there are very few of them (providing a cure).