Symptoms of febrile convulsions in children

summary

The typical clinical manifestation of convulsion is sudden loss of consciousness, and at the same time sudden occurrence of systemic or limited, tonic or clonic facial and limb muscle convulsions, often accompanied by double eye upturning, staring or strabismus. Extreme irritability or "convulsion" from time to time, mental tension, panic expression, sudden increase of limb muscle tension, sudden shortness of breath, pause or irregularity, sudden rise of body temperature, sudden change of complexion and so on are all symptoms of convulsion. So what are the symptoms of baby fever convulsion.

Symptoms of febrile convulsions in children

First of all, adults generally can't stand a fever of 39 degrees, not to mention that children with a high fever of 39.4 degrees must take medicine when their body temperature reaches above 39 degrees, and it's best to send them to the hospital immediately without delay. If the high fever lasts too long, many important functions of the body will be out of tune, and the consumption of oxygen and nutrients will increase the burden of the heart and blood vessels; Excessive brain excitation leads to febrile convulsions or excessive inhibition leads to lethargy.

Once the child has a high fever, then we should pay attention to prevent the occurrence of febrile convulsion. Once the convulsion attacks repeatedly or continues, it will cause irreversible damage to the brain, especially to the development of children's brain or other organs, leading to serious hypoxic brain damage, such as mental retardation, developmental retardation and even retrogression, and even life-threatening.

Convulsion is also likely to produce complications, and the causes of complications mainly depend on the etiology. Encephalitis and meningitis may lead to subdural effusion, ependymal meningitis, hydrocephalus and paralysis Mental retardation and epilepsy, so the child convulsion is to be treated in time, once the fever should be highly valued and attention.

matters needing attention

Convulsion patients should pay attention to control their usual mood, not too excited and too nervous, pay attention to diet and mood, diet should be light, can't eat spicy food, more rest, don't be too tired, and should strengthen physical exercise.