The baby has a fever and rolls his eyes and twitches. What's going on?

What parents worry about most is the problem of their children getting sick, because the whole family will be very anxious when the child is sick. Many times, children will get a fever and a cold when they are not paying attention. Sometimes the fever is serious and will cause other diseases. Sometimes convulsions will occur, which makes parents very worried, especially young parents who have no experience. So what is going on when the baby has a fever, rolls his eyes and has convulsions? Let’s learn more about it!

Common diseases that cause fever convulsions include high fever convulsions, epidemic meningitis, various purulent meningitis, tuberculous meningitis, Japanese encephalitis, other viral meningitis, toxic encephalopathy, neonatal tetanus, brain abscess, etc.

Children between six months and four years old are most likely to have convulsions due to high fever. Some children suddenly develop a high fever when they are babbling or playing, and then have a convulsion a few hours later. Convulsions are often characterized by systemic rigidity, stiffness, and spasms, which occur once or twice a day and will not recur after that, even if the body temperature does not drop. It is extremely rare for an attack to occur more than three times a day. There are often similar patients in the families of such sick children, and about half of them will also suffer from convulsions when they have a high fever in the future.

If you find your child having convulsions due to a high fever, if there are antipyretics at home, you should immediately give them according to the child's usual dosage. If you are taking aspirin, it is best to use it in combination with an appropriate amount of sedatives such as phenobarbital, which will be more effective in reducing fever and stopping convulsions.

For children with high fever, in addition to taking antipyretics in time, you should immediately apply a cold towel to their head and give them a bath with white wine, 30-50% alcohol or warm water. Rub until the child's skin turns red, which will help the body temperature dissipate through the expanded capillaries on the surface of the body. You can also use ice packs (or fill a glass bottle with cold water) and place them under the child's armpits, thighs, and other areas with large blood vessels to help lower the body temperature. When a seizure occurs, in addition to the damage to the brain cells inside the body due to lack of oxygen, it can also cause some external injuries and other complications, so appropriate measures must be taken to prevent these injuries.

Now we understand the reasons why babies have fever, roll their eyes and twitch, so we can deal with these problems well and don’t have to worry too much. If we can’t handle them well, we must go to the hospital for examination so as not to delay the child’s treatment. If the child’s treatment is delayed, the consequences will be disastrous, so we must learn more about the disease.