What is the cause of convulsion in children?

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Infantile convulsion is more common in our life, but many parents understand its symptoms, but do not understand its etiology, which is easy to fall into the misunderstanding of seeking medical treatment, so for the treatment of the disease, we must first understand its etiology, so as to symptomatic treatment. Let's find out what causes convulsions in children

What is the cause of convulsion in children?

Neonatal birth injury, asphyxia, intracranial hemorrhage, sepsis, meningitis, tetanus and bilirubin encephalopathy were common. Sometimes we should also consider the brain development defects, metabolic abnormalities, giant cell inclusion body disease and toxoplasmosis.

High fever, convulsion, toxic encephalopathy, intracranial infection, tetany and infantile spasm were common in infants. Sometimes we should also pay attention to brain development defects, brain injury sequelae, drug poisoning, hypoglycemia and so on.

Toxic encephalopathy, intracranial infection, epilepsy and poisoning were more common in elderly children. Sometimes it is necessary to pay attention to intracranial space occupying lesions and hypertensive encephalopathy. Several common diseases causing convulsion, such as febrile convulsion, intracranial infection, toxic encephalopathy, infantile spasm, hypoglycemia, hypomagnesemia, poisoning, hypocalcemia, etc.

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The causes of convulsion in children can be divided into infectious (febrile convulsion) and non infectious (non febrile convulsion) according to the presence or absence of infection. According to the location of the lesion, it can be divided into intracranial and extracranial.