How to treat baby's fever and convulsions?

Now we all have an understanding of baby's diseases. Of course, this is because we are worried that if the child gets sick, we as parents know nothing and are afraid that the child will be delayed in getting sick. So we learn more knowledge so that we can make our own judgments and simple treatments when the child is sick. Now many children will have convulsions when they have a fever, so how to treat baby's fever and convulsions? Let’s take a look together!

Pediatric febrile convulsions are common in children aged 6 months to 3 years. The clinical manifestations are sudden onset of systemic convulsions within the first 24 hours of fever, mostly within 12 hours, accompanied by unconsciousness, rhythmic twitching or rigidity of the limbs, staring or upward-rolling eyes, foaming at the mouth, and some also have urinary and fecal incontinence. It usually lasts for a few seconds to 10 minutes and then resolves spontaneously. It is rare for it to last more than 10 minutes and usually only occurs once. After the extraction, spirit and consciousness will be restored.

1. Parents should remain calm, do not panic, and do not shout loudly or shake or slap their children hard. If the child's head tilts back and his limbs are straight and stiff, do not bend his limbs forcefully and try to minimize stimulation to the child.

2. Let the child lie flat and tilt his head to one side to prevent saliva and vomit from entering the trachea and causing suffocation or aspiration pneumonia. At the same time, unbutton the child's collar to prevent the neck from being too tight and affecting the smoothness of the airway.

3. To prevent children from biting their tongues, you can twist a handkerchief into a twist and stuff it between the child's front teeth.

4. After the child's convulsion stops, parents should immediately send the child to the nearest hospital for examination of the cause and further treatment.

If your child has a fever and convulsions, do not give him or her antipyretic medicine or injection immediately. Instead, send him or her to a professional hospital for an accurate examination as soon as possible to determine the cause before treatment. If the baby has suffered from febrile convulsions, in the early stages of a cold or febrile illness, he should be given oral antipyretics and sedatives, or physical cooling should be used in advance to prevent a sudden increase in body temperature.

In this way, we will know how to treat the baby's fever and convulsions. The solution to this problem has made many parents feel relieved, because what parents are most worried about is dealing with things they have never encountered before. Now we can clearly know how to treat it through the above content. If we really encounter it, we will not panic or be afraid.