What should I do if my child suddenly has a fever and convulsions?

Every parent needs to be responsible for the health of their child. If you see that your child has a fever, you should use cooling methods as soon as possible to avoid the occurrence of high fever. You should know that children's bodies are relatively fragile. Once a high fever persists, it will lead to convulsions. At this time, not only will there be convulsions, but there are also other health risks, which still need to be handled correctly. So what should children do if they suddenly have a fever and convulsions?

Prevention is very important for children with febrile convulsions. When children with high fever, especially those with a fever of more than 38.5 degrees, come to the hospital for treatment, we should ask their parents whether their children have had convulsions when they had a high fever before. If the parents say yes, we can use alcohol wiping to physically reduce the temperature, or use oral medications such as Tianqian, Motrin, Nimesulide, Tylenol, etc. to reduce the temperature.

At the same time, we should tell the patient's parents that because the child has a history of convulsions, he may have convulsions in the future, so when the child has a fever, he must be placed in a relatively quiet environment to avoid unexpected stimulation and fright. Then use some of the above-mentioned physical or oral medications to reduce fever appropriately, and take him to see a doctor after the fever has subsided a little. This is crucial to preventing the child from having a high fever convulsion again.

When the child needs to protect the tongue during convulsions, the needle of a disposable 1ML syringe is often placed horizontally into the child's mouth and asked to bite it to prevent the child's teeth from biting the tongue. Family members should pinch the child's philtrum with their thumb nails, or compress the infraorbital nerve to provide strong stimulation to promote awakening. For antispasmodic treatment, inject 5 mg of diazepam intramuscularly immediately or use chloral hydrate enema. Acupuncture the Shixuan point and squeeze the blood to let it bleed.

After the above measures are effective and the convulsions are under control, use physical and drug methods to quickly reduce the temperature to prevent the convulsions from happening again. For physical cooling, I often use alcohol to wipe the child's neck, armpits, chest, abdomen, thighs and other parts where large blood vessels pass to take away more heat. There are many ways to reduce the temperature with drugs, such as Tianqian, Motrin, Nimesulide, Tylenol and other oral antipyretics. You can choose any one of them.

The above article gives a clear introduction on what to do if a child suddenly has a fever and convulsions. In the case of convulsions, the child's health will be threatened and harmed, so family members must not be careless. In addition to receiving regular and systematic medical treatment in a timely manner and controlling the disease, it is also necessary to take preventive measures and not allow the disease to have a chance to recur.