What are the symptoms of a child having a fever and convulsions?

Families must not let their children's health be threatened by illness. No matter what causes the fever, it is necessary to reduce the fever and temperature as soon as possible. Once the fever reaches a high level, it is easy to cause convulsions or seizures. So what are the symptoms of a child's fever and convulsions? For any disease, only by observing the condition based on the symptoms can we provide a basis for the diagnosis of the disease, and it is also crucial to provide first aid treatment.

It is common in children between 6 months and 4 years old. Convulsions usually occur in the early stage of fever and are short-lived. It is rare for multiple seizures to occur consecutively during a single febrile illness. It often occurs within 12 hours of fever. Consciousness recovers quickly after the attack, and there are no positive neurological signs. The EEG returns to normal one week after the fever subsides. This is a simple febrile convulsion with a good prognosis.

The onset age of complex febrile seizures is uncertain, often occurring before 6 months or after 6 years of age. Initially, it is a high fever seizure. After several seizures, convulsions may occur with low fever or even without fever. Sometimes, the seizures occur repeatedly, and each seizure lasts longer, more than 15 minutes. The EEG examination is still abnormal 2 weeks after the seizure, and the prognosis is poor. The probability of developing epilepsy is 15% to 30%.

A few people may have signs before an attack: extreme irritability or "startling" from time to time, mental tension; frightened expression, sudden increase in muscle tension in the limbs; sudden rapid, paused or irregular breathing; sudden rise in body temperature, drastic change in complexion; pupils of different sizes; and uneven edges. Typical manifestations are sudden onset, loss of consciousness, head tilted back, fixed upward or squinting eyes, foaming at the mouth, clenched jaws, and clonic or tonic convulsions of the facial or limb muscles.

In severe cases, neck stiffness, opisthotonos, irregular breathing, cyanosis, or incontinence may occur. The duration may be from a few seconds to several minutes or longer. Then turn into drowsiness or coma. Examination during or shortly after an attack may reveal signs such as dilated pupils, slow reaction to light, and positive pathological reflexes. Consciousness is restored shortly after the attack stops.

The above article gives a clear introduction to the symptoms of children's fever and convulsions, and I believe everyone is clear about it. If the convulsion lasts for a long time, it will pose a great threat to the child's life safety and will also cause many complications and sequelae. Therefore, only timely and correct treatment and protective measures can help children recover their health.