What are the symptoms of febrile convulsion in children

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When children have a fever, they need to be vigilant against fever and febrile convulsions when they have a sudden rise in body temperature and shortness of breath. What are the symptoms of febrile convulsions in children? How to judge the early occurrence of febrile convulsions in children and how to deal with them in time, otherwise it will affect the development of the brain. Here are the symptoms of febrile convulsions in children that I sort out for you.

What are the symptoms of febrile convulsion in children

Cold hands and feet. When a child has a high fever, the brain and heart are the organs that produce the most heat. The more activity, the more heat. At this time, the blood of the limbs will not be absorbed, and the blood vessels of the limbs will contract. It is only for the central brain and heart, and the limbs are cold. Such a child indicates a high fever, which can reach 39 or 40 degrees. Especially in the early stage of fever, there will be febrile convulsions, which is the most important time. A sleeping child. Do not cry do not make a child, a child crying a make a sweat, fever subsided. Therefore, the old sleeping children should pay attention to. A tight child. We often say "adults have a fever, cover a sweat, cover three quilts, cover a sweat." But the child's development system is not perfect. The more you cover your body, the higher your temperature will be. After you have a fever, there will be convection with the outside world, and there will be heat dissipation. The heat dissipation will not go away. The high fever will not subside and you will not sweat, so the more you cover it, the higher it will be. Therefore, febrile convulsions often occur in the early stage of the disease, and more commonly occur on the way to the hospital or when waiting for treatment.

The early manifestations of febrile convulsion in infants are as follows: they may be extremely agitated or "startled" from time to time, nervous, panic, sudden increase of muscle tension of limbs; The body temperature rises suddenly, the complexion changes sharply, the pupil size is not equal, the edge is not even. Sudden shortness of breath, apnea or irregular, and even short-term apnea.

When a baby has an attack, the head should be tilted to the left or right first, the neck should be back, the eyes should be straight, or the eyes should be in a squint state, the eyes should turn up, and the mouth should constantly spit out white foam. Legs and feet stiff or constantly twitch, hands clenched fist, sometimes accompanied by unconscious discharge of urine and feces.

matters needing attention

1. Don't shake the child, control the twitch of the limbs, cover the sweat to reduce the fever. These methods are not correct. 2. If the above treatment fails to subside the convulsion, resulting in respiratory arrest, the patient shall immediately perform artificial respiration and external cardiac compression, and then immediately notify 120 (or ambulance, one of the two) to send to the hospital for treatment without delay. It's better for parents not to run with their baby in their arms. If there is a foreign body inhaled in the trachea, it will aggravate the degree of asphyxia. 3. If the baby has convulsions repeatedly, it is necessary to record the number of seizures, observe the location, degree and inducing factors of convulsions, and the duration of each seizure, so that the doctor can understand the process of the disease and the degree of brain injury.