What is the most common cause of seizures in children?

• A. fever
• B. epilepsy
• C. hypoglycemia
• D. head trauma

Answer: (A)

Fever-triggered seizures (febrile seizures) are the most common type seen in children. They occur when a child has an infection that causes a rapid rise in temperature, typically in kids around 6 months to 5 years old. These seizures are usually brief and generalized and, while alarming, often don’t indicate epilepsy and most children outgrow them. Epilepsy is a chronic condition with recurrent unprovoked seizures, which is less common in this age group. Seizures due to hypoglycemia or head trauma happen, but they’re less common as the primary cause in young children compared with febrile seizures.