Children love twitching when sleeping

Children are the treasures of every family and the future of a family. Every parent hopes that their children can grow up healthily. However, it is inevitable that various problems will arise in the process of children's growth. Some children will have convulsions when they sleep. This is a very abnormal phenomenon. When children often twitch when they sleep, parents must pay close attention to it. This may be a symptom of certain diseases. So why do children twitch when they sleep? Let’s take a look together.

Twitching while sleeping is a common physiological phenomenon in newborn babies, and parents do not need to worry too much. Convulsions are a temporary disorder caused by the baby's incomplete brain development. Because human limbs are still controlled by the central nervous system, when the central nervous system is immature, the limbs cannot be controlled temporarily, resulting in occasional convulsions of the limbs or body. Note that when parents find their baby twitching, they can gently press the twitching part of the baby to slowly calm them down. If the baby has frequent convulsions, the mother should consider whether the baby is calcium deficient or has brain damage. In this case, it is best to go to the hospital for treatment in time.

The following are common clinically: convulsions, tonic spasms, myoclonus, tremors, choreiform movements, athetosis, torsion spasms, fasciculations, and habitual tics.

reason:

1. Epilepsy: Continuous twitching of the entire body or part of the face. For example, focal motor epilepsy often manifests as repeated convulsions of the corners of the mouth, eyelids, hands or feet. If the convulsion starts from one place, it will gradually expand according to the arrangement of the motor area of ​​the cerebral cortex, that is, starting from the thumb on one side and gradually extending to the wrist, arm, and shoulder.

2. Tics: rapid, involuntary, sudden, repetitive, non-rhythmic, stereotyped, single or multiple muscle movement tics or (and) vocal tics.

3. Lack of trace elements: low serum calcium and increased neuromuscular excitability will lead to symptoms of convulsions and hand and foot cramps.

4. Sleep myoclonus: During light sleep, fingers or toes twitch slightly, or lower limbs or even the whole body shake rapidly.

suggestion:

1. It is recommended to pay attention to rest and supplement calcium appropriately. It is recommended to try taking Gaelic D orally. Eat more bone soup, crucian carp soup and lean meat. Drinking milk is the safest and most effective way to supplement calcium.

2. It is recommended to go to the hospital for a diagnosis. You can take oral potassium supplements appropriately. In normal times, you should try to take food supplements for potassium: bananas, lean pork, eels, peanuts, kelp, strawberries, spinach, potatoes, green onions, celery, edamame, peaches, etc. Secondly, consider whether it is calcium deficiency. You can supplement calcium as appropriate.

3. It is recommended to use Sanjing brand calcium gluconate oral solution or Longmu Zhuanggu granules for treatment. At the same time, cod liver oil can be added, otherwise it is difficult to absorb. It is also very good to get more sunlight exposure, which can promote calcium absorption.

4. Please pay attention to whether the child has symptoms and signs such as abdominal distension, diarrhea, fever, etc., and pay attention to whether the child is breastfeeding normally. It is recommended to strengthen care to avoid recurrence of respiratory tract infection. It is recommended that you have your child tested for trace elements. If the child is deficient in trace elements, you should supplement them. Then, find someone old enough to calm the child down. The child can also take tranquilizers such as Children's Seven Star Tea.

5. Every convulsion causes irreversible damage to the brain. It is recommended to go to the hospital for treatment, find out the cause and actively treat it. Different causes require different treatment plans.