Body Temperature Increase and Resulting From Febrival Convulsions

Abstract

Febrile seizures, commonly in children between the ages of 3 months to 5 years, are a neurological abnormality characterized by neuronal hyper-excitability, that occur as a result of an increased core body temperature during a fever, which was caused by an underlying systemic infection. Such infections cause the immune system to elicit an inflammatory response resulting in the release of cytokines from macrophages. This article provides information about febrile convulsions caused by an increase in body temperature.