What to do if your child has a fever and convulsions

We know that children are prone to convulsions when they have a fever, which is obviously very bad for their health. Parents are very curious about what to do when their children have a fever and convulsions. Knowing the solutions and following them can relieve the children's pain. Next, we will let pediatric experts introduce the specific solutions in detail. I hope that through my introduction, I can solve everyone’s confusion and doubts.

A baby's fever and convulsions are medically called "febrile convulsions". This is mainly due to the imperfect development of the infant's nervous system, such as poor inhibitory function of the cerebral cortex and incomplete formation of the nerve myelin sheath. Once stimulated by external stimuli, the excitement can easily spread and cause convulsions. Generally speaking, infants and young children between 6 months and 4 years old, especially those who often catch colds and fevers, are more likely to suffer from febrile convulsions. Convulsions usually occur when the baby has a high fever, such as a body temperature of 39℃-40℃, and last for a relatively short time, about 2-3 minutes, and generally do not exceed 10 minutes. After the convulsion stopped, the child woke up.

Methods/Steps

1. Adjust your posture

When your baby has a seizure, lay him or her flat on his or her back, making sure he or she is not touching any sharp, hard objects. Later, lay your child on his side to allow him to breathe more easily and prevent saliva or vomit from blocking his trachea. Do not try to pry your child's mouth open; a child who is having a seizure due to a fever or other cause is not in danger of biting his tongue.

2. Ventilate frequently

If there is air conditioning at home, maintain the room temperature between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius. You can place the child in an air-conditioned room or use an electric fan to blow around him to slowly lower the body temperature, so that the child will feel more comfortable. But if the limbs are cold and the patient is shivering violently, it means that the patient needs warmth, so he should be covered with a blanket.

3. Take off your clothes

If your baby's limbs, hands and feet are warm and he is sweating all over, it means he needs to dissipate heat and he can wear less clothes.

4. Wipe with warm water

Undress your baby and rub his whole body with a warm towel. This will dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and release body energy. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

5. Drink plenty of water

To help sweating and prevent dehydration. Water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish water lost in the baby's body.

6. Antipyretics

When the baby's body temperature exceeds 38.5℃, you can use antipyretic medicine appropriately.

What should you do if your child has a fever and convulsions? I believe that after reading the above article, everyone will have a certain understanding of this issue. When parents find that their children have symptoms of fever and convulsions, they can take the above measures. If everyone takes these measures, convulsions can be resolved sooner, and the child will feel much more comfortable, which is a good thing.