What causes a child to convulse suddenly?

Convulsion is a symptom. When a person suddenly has whole body convulsions, most people will associate this symptom with epilepsy. In addition to epilepsy, there are many other diseases that may cause whole-body convulsions. The physical health of children is an issue that many people are very concerned about. If a child suddenly develops symptoms of whole-body convulsions, symptomatic treatment is also required based on the cause of the disease.

1. Hypocalcemia

When the calcium content in the human body's blood is too low, the body's muscles and nerves will be in a hyperactive state, which will cause sudden whole-body convulsions from time to time, but generally the frequency of convulsions is not particularly high.

2. Epilepsy

The typical symptom of epilepsy is sudden whole-body convulsion. If you find that your body is twitching involuntarily, you should consider whether epilepsy is the cause. At the same time, you should also protect the patient to avoid biting the tongue during convulsion.

3. Cerebellar coordination disorder

The body convulsions caused by cerebellar coordination disorder are very similar to the body convulsions caused by epilepsy. The occurrence of cerebellar coordination disorder will reduce the coordination of human muscles. If the patient ignores it and does not treat it, the symptoms will become more serious.

4. Others

Epileptic seizures and febrile convulsions are the most common and well-known causes of convulsions. However, convulsions caused by acute cardiogenic ischemic attacks are not uncommon. They are often easily mistaken for epileptic seizures, which delays examination and loses the opportunity for treatment and preventive preparations. These patients often have a history of heart disease, such as congenital heart disease, coronary heart disease, etc. During an attack, they suddenly feel nauseous and then lose consciousness, their face and lips turn blue, and their limbs twitch. If a tumor occurs in the brain, the most common phenomenon is local dysfunction, such as poor vision or hearing on one side, or poor movement of some limbs. Sometimes local or systemic convulsions may also occur.