Symptoms of sleep convulsions

Update Date: 2024-07-19 Source: Network

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Convulsions easily appear in children under six years old, the probability of occurrence is about 4% to 6%, such as children sleeping, sudden seizures. Before convulsion, in a few cases, there may be aural symptoms, such as mental tension, sudden increase of limb tension, shortness of breath and so on. Here are the symptoms of sleep convulsion

Symptoms of sleep convulsions

1. When sleeping, the common symptom of convulsion is sudden loss of consciousness. At this time, there will be accompanied by systemic or local limb rigidity. Most of the symptoms are sudden twitch of limb muscles. There will also be eye upturning, strabismus, gaze and other symptoms. The pupil of the patient will expand. Please note that when convulsion occurs, the symptoms of muscle twitch in different parts may be different. For example, muscle twitch in throat may cause white foam in mouth and expectoration in throat. In severe cases, it can even lead to suffocation. If it is respiratory muscle twitch, can show breath holding, cyanosis symptoms, serious time lead to hypoxia.

2. The duration of convulsions during sleep ranges from a few seconds to a few minutes. Generally, the patient will feel muscle weakness and drowsiness after the attack. After waking up, there will also be physical fatigue. The duration of more severe seizures can even reach about half an hour, sometimes accompanied by temporary paralysis. Neonatal convulsion, symptoms are not typical, may have a slight local muscle twitch or, eye gaze, strabismus, facial muscle twitch and other symptoms.

3. Sleep convulsion, to active treatment, can symptomatic treatment. Diazepam treatment can achieve the effect of rapid arrest of convulsion. Diazepam, with high immobilization, can quickly enter the brain tissue after medication. Generally, the effect can be achieved within 1 to 3 minutes after registration, but the maintenance time of this drug is relatively short.

matters needing attention

All in all, babies can express their discomfort through crying when they are awake, but after they fall asleep, they have to rely on their parents' careful observation to know their physical changes. Once the baby has the above symptoms when sleeping, if the parents don't know how to care, they must take the baby to the doctor for diagnosis in time!