Febrile convulsions?

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Febrile convulsion mainly refers to 6 months to 3 years old infants due to acute infection, especially viral upper respiratory tract infection, resulting in increased metabolism of nerve cells, increased oxygen consumption, personal blood flow speed. The nervous system is in a state of over excitation. The thalamus of infants is not fully developed and can not tolerate this strong excitation. Therefore, infants will have tetanic and clonic twitch of facial muscles and limbs, accompanied by eye upturning or unconsciousness. If the treatment is delayed, febrile convulsions will occur repeatedly, which will seriously affect the development of brain tissue in infants and lead to the decline of intelligence. Febrile convulsions? Let's talk about it

Febrile convulsions?

The typical clinical manifestations are often indirect loss of consciousness or fall, temporary ankylosis or spasmodic involuntary convulsions of limbs, trunk and facial skeletal muscles, uneven or sometimes non-uniform breathing rhythm, cyanosis, turning, staring or strabismus, turning to one side, mouth foaming, mouth opening, muscle rigidity, which will be released for several seconds or minutes, Most of them do not exceed 15 minutes. In severe cases, febrile convulsions continue to occur. Fever continues to attack for 30 minutes or repeatedly, and the interval consciousness can not be recovered after two times. It is called convulsive state, which is a key manifestation of the disease.

After the convulsion stopped, they fell asleep again, but most of the children woke up soon after the convulsion. They are generally in good condition and have no neurological symptoms. In unilateral or local convulsions, Todd's palsy may appear, and after stopping convulsions, the affected limb is temporarily weak and may return to normal within 24 hours.

Early childhood fever, body temperature will suddenly rise, because the child's brain development is not very perfect, cause abnormal and over excited, paroxysmal or temporary brain dysfunction, often accompanied by disturbance of consciousness, but also sensory, autonomic nerve abnormal behavior symptoms.

matters needing attention

Keep breathing smooth, loosen the collar as much as possible, and wrap the scraper or chopsticks between the upper and lower molars with a soft cloth or handkerchief to prevent tongue biting. At the same time, use a handkerchief or gauze to remove secretions from the child's mouth and nose.