Symptoms of fever and seizures in children

Pediatric convulsions are a relatively dangerous symptom, and are often accompanied by fever. The specific manifestation is that the child will wake up repeatedly after falling asleep due to a fever, which is a bit like being scared by a nightmare, but the symptoms will stop after the fever subsides. During a convulsion, a child's behavior may be somewhat scary, with twitching all over the body, difficulty breathing, and confusion. Children should be handed over to a doctor immediately after a convulsion. Do not wait for the fever to subside to avoid irreparable mistakes.

Infantile convulsions, commonly known as seizures, are one of the most common emergencies in children. The main symptoms are uncontrollable contraction of whole body or local muscles, and there may be impaired consciousness.

There are many causes of seizures in children.

The more common ones are infections caused by bacteria and viruses, such as influenza, pneumonia, whooping cough, typhoid fever, dysentery, etc. In addition to causing poisoning and convulsions in children, these diseases can also cause convulsions due to high fever, which is called febrile convulsions. This type of convulsion often occurs during a fever and lasts for a short time. The person wakes up when the convulsion stops, and it is rare for more than two convulsions to occur during one fever. The convulsions will stop when the fever subsides. But it can recur, and convulsions may occur when a fever occurs. This type of convulsion often occurs in children under six years old.

In addition, intracranial infections such as encephalitis, meningitis, brain abscess, brain parasitic diseases, etc., in addition to fever can cause convulsions, because the lesions occur in the brain, the relevant parts of the brain are stimulated and can also cause convulsions. Some diseases without fever, such as tetanus, epilepsy, brain trauma, brain tumors, hypocalcemia, hypoglycemia, rickets caused by vitamin D deficiency, etc., can also cause convulsions.

symptom

When normal brain activity is disrupted, a febrile seizure can occur. A high fever seizure often occurs without warning. During a febrile seizure, your child may:

The body becomes stiff or limp

Being unconscious or unaware of surroundings

Body twitching

Difficulty breathing

Medical measures

A febrile seizure in a child may stop on its own without any medical attention. If the seizure does not stop within 5 minutes, the child should be taken to a doctor immediately. Although a high fever is often caused by a viral infection, doctors still need to examine the child and sometimes do blood tests to find the true cause of the high fever.