What to do if a 1.5-year-old baby has a high fever and convulsions

Many babies will get sick, which is not only related to the care of their parents, but also mainly related to the baby's young age and low body resistance. After the baby is sick and has a fever, the most serious thing is convulsions. This phenomenon occurs very frequently, and it also makes parents feel particularly scared and worried. After the baby has a high fever convulsion, we need to treat it correctly. What should I do if a 1.5-year-old baby has a high fever convulsion?

Emergency treatment of febrile seizures

Step 1: The child lies on his side or with his head tilted to one side.

Immediately place the child in a prone position with his head tilted slightly back and his chin slightly protruding forward, without using a pillow. Or have the child lie flat without a pillow, with the head tilted to one side. Avoid giving medicine to the child during a convulsion (to prevent suffocation).

Step 2: Keep the airway open.

Unbutton your collar, wrap a tongue depressor or chopsticks with soft cloth or handkerchief and place it between the upper and lower molars to prevent biting your tongue. At the same time, use a handkerchief or gauze to promptly clean the secretions from the child's mouth and nose.

Step 3: Control seizures.

Use your fingers to pinch and press the child's Ren Zhong, Hegu, Neiguan and other acupoints for two or three minutes, and keep the surrounding environment quiet. Try to move the child as little as possible to reduce unnecessary stimulation.

Step 4: Cool down.

Cold compress—Place cold towels on the child’s forehead, palms, and thighs, and change them frequently; fill a hot water bottle with ice water or an ice pack, wrap it with a towel and place it on the child’s forehead, neck, or groin, or use a fever-reducing patch.

Warm water bath—Use a warm water towel to repeatedly and gently wipe the areas where large veins run, such as the neck, armpits, elbows, groin, etc., to make the skin red to facilitate heat dissipation.

Warm water bath: the water temperature should be between 32 and 36 degrees Celsius, with the amount of water enough to cover the trunk. Support the child's head and shoulders, and let the body lie in the basin. The bath time should be 5 to 10 minutes. Scrub the skin more often to help the sweat glands secrete.

Drug-induced fever reduction—oral antipyretics, or inserting antipyretic suppositories into the baby’s anus.

Step 5: Seek medical attention promptly.

Generally speaking, a child's febrile convulsion will be relieved in 3-5 minutes. Therefore, when a child loses consciousness and has systemic symmetrical tonic-clonic spasms or convulsions, parents should not rush to take the child to the hospital. Instead, they should wait until the child regains consciousness before going to the hospital. Even if the child's convulsions have stopped after care, he or she should go to the hospital to further find out the real cause of the convulsions. However, if the child continues to convulse for more than 5-10 minutes without relief, or has repeated attacks in a short period of time, it indicates that the condition is serious and the child must be rushed to the hospital. On the way to the doctor, keep the child exposed and straighten the neck to keep the airway open. Do not wrap the child too tightly to prevent the child's mouth and nose from being blocked, causing airway obstruction or even suffocation and death.

Through the above introduction, we now know what to do if a one and a half year old baby has a high fever and convulsions. This is also the correct way to deal with it. Because the baby is young and the physiological functions of the body are not fully developed, it is normal for the baby to get sick. However, after the baby has a high fever and convulsions, we must take the correct method to deal with it in time.