d

Wednesday

Febrile convulsion

Febrile convulsion is a heat (temperature up to 39 above) related convulsions, also with brain fever symptoms of infection to other parts of the body outside, it is good for 6 months-5 years old children. Although symptoms of seizure was terrible, but are not usually serious.
 
Convulsion occur is caused by a sudden rise of body temperature, it typically appears when febrile diseases. Seizures often may be associated with upper respiratory tract infections such as colds. Because the child\'s brain development is not yet ripe, so more prone to surprise issue.
 
 
Symptoms of convulsions at high temperature in 2 phases, the initial phase of the seizure may take 30 seconds or so, the symptoms include: 1, loss of consciousness. 2, the body rigid. 3, respiratory pause of up to 30 seconds long, when restoring after breathing, breathing may be very slow or almost don\'t feel. 4, urinary incontinence.
 
Second phase usually lasts less than 5 minutes, children may still fail, and also of the following symptoms may occur: 1, limbs and facial twitch. 2, turn eyes. After the end of the second phase, the children will regain consciousness, but may then sleep 1, 2 hours, and wake up angry.
 
Children with if this is the initial attack, the doctor will let children hospital checks, to rule out the possibility of meningitis, and possibly other test to identify causes of fever. If a child of bacterial infections, so doctors should give children with antibiotics. At the same time medical personnel may tell the sick parents how to deal with future attacks of convulsions. Doctors may also be out of the stable, was used by children at home, at the time of seizure in children, will be filling it into the rectum to help shorten the attack time of convulsions.
 
After treatment, convulsion in children with one-third have occurred would attack again. However, children over 5 years old are not unlikely to surprise issue. A small part has been suffering from high fever in children with convulsion may later develop into \"epilepsy\".

No comments:

Post a Comment