What is a "febrile seizure"?

What is a "febrile seizure"?

Febrile seizures are seen in young infants, usually under the age of three. These are seizures that occur as a result of a high fever when that individual is fighting some kind of an infection. The high fever sends the individual into having a seizure. Now, febrile seizures themselves are not epilepsy. Usually one or two cases of these febrile seizures, and then the person lives the rest of their life without ever having another seizure. However, there are other cases now where there may be, in fact, a link between febrile seizures and seizures in adulthood.