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.
Facet syndrome in the cervical (upper) spine. Cervical facet syndrome, also known as cervical facet disease or cervical osteoarthritis, is the structural deterioration of one or more of the vertebral facet joints in the cervical segment of the spine, which is located in the neck.reatment of cervical facet syndrome. Treatment for cervical facet syndrome is most often first attempted conservatively with non-surgical techniques. This course of treatment is intended to manage the patientâs pain and increase mobility in the joint.