What disease is it that causes convulsions when a child has a fever?

Children do not have very strong immunity, so they will get sick if they are not taken care of carefully or if they are infected by others. Especially during the transition period from spring to autumn, it is particularly easy to catch a cold and then have a fever. Some children will have convulsions when they have a high fever, which makes their parents very anxious. So what disease causes children to have convulsions due to fever? Let’s take a look at it below.

Convulsions caused by high fever are also somewhat hereditary, and about 10% of children with this disease have parents who had similar records when they were young. Many parents worry that such convulsions may develop into epilepsy. In fact, unless there is a case of epilepsy in the patient's family, the chance of developing epilepsy is not high.

Convulsions caused by high fever usually occur when children have a fever due to upper respiratory tract infection or otitis media. Convulsions usually occur within a day when the patient has a high fever. The patient loses consciousness and his limbs or whole body convulses, with symptoms similar to a grand mal epileptic seizure, and the same situation may occur several times a day.

When children have convulsions, many parents worry that the high fever will cause brain damage. However, it is actually very rare for high fever to damage the brain. If a baby has a fever of 103F or 104F, it is considered a high fever, but it is not enough to damage the brain; even if the temperature reaches 105F, the chance of damage is small. In fact, when a child is sick, what poses a threat to the brain is the virus that invades the brain rather than the high fever, so parents can rest assured.

Now we understand what disease causes children to have convulsions when they have a fever. It is recommended that friends who have children take their children to the hospital for treatment immediately when they first discover that their children have a high fever. Also, make sure your child wears warm clothes. Pay attention to having a good diet to improve your child's immunity so that he or she will not get sick so easily.