Yes, indirectly. Vaccines can cause fever, which can cause convulsions. Therefore,
vaccine-induced fevers can cause convulsions in children who are susceptible (children
whose parents or siblings have had convulsions are more likely to have a convulsion than
those with no such history).
Fever from any cause triggers a convulsion in about 3% of healthy young children. Fever
is the most common cause of seizures or convulsions in infants between 6 months and
6 years of age. Seizures caused by fever do not cause brain damage.
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