By Mayo Clinic Staff. A febrile seizure is a convulsion in a child that may be caused by a spike in body temperature, often from an infection. Your child's having a febrile seizure can be alarming, and the few minutes it lasts can seem like an eternity. Febrile seizures represent a unique response of a child's brain to fever, usually the first day of a fever. Fortunately, they're usually harmless and typically don't indicate an ongoing problem. You can help by keeping your child safe during a febrile seizure and by comforting him or her afterward.
Medical Definition of Cervical. Cervical: Having to do with any kind of neck, including the neck on which the head is perched and the neck of the uterus. Last Editorial Review: 5/13/2016. Back to MedTerms online medical dictionary A-Z List.
What Is Medicaid? Created by Congress in 1965, Medicaid is a public insurance program that provides health coverage to low-income families and individuals, including children, parents, pregnant women, seniors, and people with disabilities. Medicaid is funded jointly by the federal government and the states. In 2014, Medicaid provided health coverage for 80 million low-income Americans.Each state operates its own Medicaid program within federal guidelines.