What are the symptoms of baby fever convulsions

We now have a very good understanding of children's fever, colds and other diseases, but many people pay special attention to children's health. We all want our children to be healthy. Many times we don’t know what to do when a child has a fever. Sometimes a child will have convulsions after a fever, but we don’t know much about these symptoms. What exactly are they like? Let’s take a look at the symptoms of baby’s fever and convulsions.

It manifests itself shortly after the onset of high fever (body temperature above 39°C) or when the body temperature rises suddenly, with whole-body or local muscle convulsions, staring, squinting, straightening or rolling up of the eyes, accompanied by loss of consciousness. Breathing may stop for 1-2 minutes. In severe cases, the lips may turn blue, and incontinence may sometimes occur. Most patients experience only one attack during one fever. It takes about 3-5 minutes, and the elderly can take up to 10 minutes.

Simple febrile convulsions are more common in children with good physical constitution between 6 months and 3 years old. The convulsions are systemic, lasting from a few seconds to a few minutes, usually not more than 10 minutes, and only occur once a day. The child wakes up quickly after the convulsion and becomes drowsy after regaining consciousness, but there is no abnormality in the nervous system. EEG results within two weeks of the convulsion are normal.

Complex febrile seizures are more common in children under six months old or over four years old. They occur multiple times a day, lasting more than 15 minutes, and there have been more than four febrile seizures. A small number of people have non-systemic seizures, but partial seizures (such as unilateral limb convulsions). After the attack, there are neurological abnormalities such as temporary paralysis. Electroencephalogram (EEG) within two weeks of the onset of seizures showed focal epileptic discharge changes. In addition, there is often a family history of epilepsy.

Now we know the symptoms of babies having fever and convulsions. If we don’t understand these symptoms, we won’t know what disease these children have when we encounter such things. Many people think that we should still understand these symptoms, so that when we encounter them, we will know what disease it is, we won’t worry, and we can take the children to treatment rationally.