What is the difference between infantile convulsion and epilepsy?

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Infantile convulsion is due to brain nerve dysfunction. Most of them showed sudden local muscle twitch, accompanied by disturbance of consciousness. When epilepsy does not attack, it is the same as ordinary people. When it attacks, the whole body twitches and the mouth foams. There may also be a brief coma and shock. Epilepsy has a family heritage of intracranial injury, cerebral hypoxia may cause epilepsy. Epilepsy is not affected by antiepileptic drugs. Lack of sleep may also lead to seizures, epilepsy in infants and young children often occur in sleep. Epilepsy has family heritage, convulsions are mostly pathological.

What is the difference between infantile convulsion and epilepsy?

Infantile convulsion is due to brain nerve dysfunction. It is characterized by sudden onset of generalized or localized myotonic and clonic convulsions, most of which are accompanied by disturbance of consciousness. The incidence of convulsion in children is very high. The incidence rate of convulsions under 6 is about 10 times 15 times that of adults, which accounts for 5% of the total 10% of children, especially in infants. Frequent seizures or persistent state can make children leave serious sequelae, even life-threatening.

In the incidence of epilepsy in the population belong to the cause of epilepsy cases, 18% are related to congenital developmental defects.. After a professional survey, data show that about 1 / 3 of infants will suffer from epilepsy. There is a problem that mothers need to pay attention to. If the mother is pregnant, the brain of the baby in the embryonic period will be adversely affected, resulting in malformation, resulting in congenital brain development abnormality, and the baby is prone to epilepsy.

There is no specific discharge in EEG of children with convulsion, but there is a specific discharge in epilepsy. Now all the antiepileptic drugs are used to fight seizures by reducing the excitability of brain cells (brain cells in childhood are in the stage of development). If long-term use of drugs, it is easy to lead to children's mental development defects.

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In case of convulsion or epilepsy, the child should lie on his side, untie his collar, and remove the secretion and vomit from his mouth, nose and throat, so as to prevent inhalation asphyxia and keep the respiratory tract unobstructed. The tooth pad was placed between the upper and lower molars to prevent tongue bite. In severe cases, oxygen was given; in high fever cases, physical cooling or antipyretic drugs were given.