First off, why does it have to be young parents? Most young parents are to stupid to be parents let alone know how or where they need help enough to have an oppinion about it. Many of this generation should be castrated/spaded so they won't become parents.

Secondly, I have a son who suffered severe high fever seizures. Now I admit, it could have been 100% coincidental that the dozen or so times that he had seizures was when he had a fever of over 105.. It would be one hell of a coincidence considering that it ONLY happened when his temp was up.

I may be reading more into your comment, but I take insult with the thinking that old=dumb. Many a generation did just fine until the youth decided that they no longer needed "old"

If I misinterpreted your words I apologize humbly, but.. I don't think I did.

One thing you need to understand Doctor.. It was a Doctor that said it was "High Fever Seizures" now, what are us stupid people supposed to think?

/rant.

I would like to read said book.

I am just really grouchy today is all.

Perhaps, we had a Doctor who felt the need to tell us what we could understand when he said "High Fever Seizure"

I do know, that seizures run in my family. My daughter has "Grand mawl seizures" (not sure of the spelling here)

I know that she has almost died several times due to the severity and in many cases its associated with fevers too.

My son, out grew them. but.. the damage from the fever/seizure combination left him with mild disorders. We assume.

He has mild dyslexia, I assume from my side as well since I do some. Mine however was due to ... my teenage years. I smoked something slightly illegal. (yeah I wasn't perfect either guys)

Anyway, it was an only once deal but the guy had the thing spiked with some sort of a horse tranquilizer. I was literally paralyzed for a few hours.. So much so that, I messed my britches.

*sighs*

I am glad I survived it, but at the time.. I was scared.

Anyway, I am not sure if the effect of the questionable smoke caused my troubles but, I had no problems prior. I just assumed that since not one of my predecessors have seizures and I do that it was then that did it.

Break it to me gently Doc. I throw defective pups. I know this already.

Anyway.. When you are watching your child twitch on the floor in a twisted agony of seizures, your not to apt to doubt a Doctor who just informed you of his condition... Which at the time was "high fever seizure"

So, be sure to put in your book that some of the myth, is based on misinformation, not stupid people like me.

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You're splitting hairs Doc.

.. No, nevermind, I don't wanna know. I know my son no longer has them.

The point, at least in my case is moot.

For all I know, my son was in the 96% and was faking.. as if a 2 year old had that much incentive.

what percentage would the incidence of this condition in infants need to be, before it was considered more than an old wives tale or myth? almost like saying decompression sickness is an old wives tale, because less than 4% of divers die from it.

I think it's a great idea to write this book.

I think that some of the most important things to talk to parents about for thier kids is ADD and Autism. Autism is on the rise on a steep curve and ADD is so overdiagnosed that any child who needs discipline "has" it. But as far as dispelling myths about illnesses, will you be talking about sayings like "starve a fever, feed a cold?" and stuff like that.