Background: Febrile seizures (FS) are the most common type of seizures in children. The relationship between iron deciency anaemia (IDA) andrst FS has been examined in several studies with conicting results. The present study was undertaken to assess the IDA in children between 6 months to 5 years of age presenting with FS. Total 108 children were included in Method: the study during a period of 2 years from January 2021 to December 2022. A detailed history was taken, and laboratory investigations were done. The mean age of onset of FS was 24 months, with Results: early onset between 6 months to 1 year (35.2%) with male predominance (56.50%). Simple FS were more common (85.2%) than complex FS (14.8%). The mean length of seizures was 6.42±2.54 min. Upper respiratory tract infection was the commonest trigger of FS (51.90%). Maximum children had temperature between 102 to 103 0F (40.7%). The prevalence of IDA was 58.3%. In children with IDA, recurrent episodes of FS were more frequent, and duration of seizure was longer (7.55±3.56 min). Among 108 cases, 74(68.5%) patients had hypochromic microcytic peripheral smears, while 34(31.5%) had normocytic normochromic peripheral smears. IDA was more freque Conclusion: nt in children with FS, and which may be a risk factor for development of FS. Screening for IDA should be considered in children with FS. All the laboratory investigations carried out to evaluate IDA were signicantly lower, this suggests that iron decient children are more prone for FS. Early detection and iron supplementation in children who are at risk of developing iron deciency might prevent FS

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