What is convulsion

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My child is always a little muscle twitch and shivering before. I took him to the hospital for examination, and the doctor said it was caused by convulsion, and he has been cooperating with the doctor for treatment. Let's popularize what is convulsion here.

What is convulsion

First, convulsion is what we often call convulsion, which is characterized by paroxysmal twitch of limbs and facial muscles, accompanied by bilateral eyeball upturning, staring or strabismus, and unconsciousness. Sometimes accompanied by mouth foaming or mouth corner involvement, apnea, cyanosis, attack time more than 3 to 5 minutes, sometimes repeated attacks, or even sustained state.

Second, convulsion is a common emergency in pediatrics, and also the most common symptom of nervous system in children. It is a common acute and severe disease in childhood. It is characterized by clinical rhythmic movements (convulsions) and coma.

Third, children's convulsions are also a kind of epilepsy. Before and after convulsions, in addition to the sudden rise of body temperature, they are often accompanied by abnormal consciousness, and often appear drowsiness, drowsiness, irritability, vomiting, delirium and coma. So the patient's family should always have a psychological preparation.

matters needing attention

When convulsion comes on, we should pay attention not to feed or drink water for patients. This will cause asphyxia and pulmonary infection. Just eat some digestible food or liquid food. You or the people around you should also pay attention not to smoke during this period.