Managing a Child's First Convulsion

Abstract

Of events that can befall a child, few disturb parents more than does a seizure. It is not only a frightening experience but also may signal the presence of epilepsy or deep-seated disease. The physician, by promptly diagnosing the type of seizure, prescribing appropriate drug therapy, and explaining that the prognosis is optimistic for most children after a single seizure, can do much to ease the parents' fears.