Home remedies · Children & infants
No home remedy here replaces treatment, and none is talked down. What has done good for generations does good — even if no one ever measured it. Where something is well studied, it says so. Where it is only experience, it says that too.
Lay the child on the floor, clear the surroundings, put them in the recovery position, look at the clock — and stay there.
A febrile seizure looks shattering and usually stops by itself after one to three minutes. Knowing the duration is the one thing that really counts medically.
Bringing the fever down does not prevent a febrile seizure.
Put nothing in the mouth, do not hold the child down, do not shake. Always get a first seizure assessed. Call emergency services with a seizure over five minutes, a second seizure, or if the child does not come round.
At once: any fever in an infant under three months, a child who is apathetic or has stopped drinking, skin bleeding that does not fade under pressure, breathlessness or drawn-in ribs. A first seizure is always looked at. Refusing to drink for hours counts for more than the temperature.