Baby has fever, convulsions and foaming at the mouth. What's going on?

We all know that children's convulsions can be normal or pathological. Many people have encountered children who are sick and have fever and convulsions, but it is rare to see children foaming at the mouth. Sometimes children's fever is not reduced in time, and they will have convulsions, but it is rare to see children foaming at the mouth, which makes parents particularly worried. What is going on? Let’s understand what’s going on when a baby has a fever, convulsions and foams at the mouth.

Extracranial infections can cause convulsions, such as sepsis, toxic dysentery, and rabies. The probable cause is that due to high fever, viral toxins affect the stability of neurons, causing neuronal excitation, abnormal discharge, and leading to convulsions. It's a convulsion caused by fever.

Children's fever and convulsions are due to the immaturity of their nervous system. High fever causes over-excitement of the central nervous system, leading to strong discharges in the thalamus and affecting the limbic system and cerebral hemispheres. If cramps occur repeatedly, each attack can cause damage to the brain.

According to statistics, if not treated in time, about 20% of children will develop epilepsy in the future. Among them, most of them will have fever and convulsions that last for a long time and occur frequently, and they will experience drowsiness after the attack. Some children also experience convulsions when their body temperature is 38 degrees, and some children have a family history of epilepsy. Most of these children develop epilepsy within 10 years of their first febrile seizure.

It is worth mentioning that about 13.6% of children who suffer from fever and convulsions may suffer from varying degrees of intellectual disability in the future. However, studies have shown that effectively controlling the onset of fever and convulsions in childhood can effectively reduce the occurrence of sequelae.

Parents are very worried when their baby has a fever, convulsions and foaming at the mouth. We don’t know what to do. Of course, being without an idea is not a good idea. If the child’s symptoms are not relieved in time, it may cause many other situations. Therefore, if parents encounter problems that are difficult to deal with, they need to hurry to the hospital so as not to delay the child’s treatment.