What is a febrile seizure in a child and what to do

Febrile convulsions are the most common cause of convulsions in infancy and childhood, occurring mostly between 6 months and 3 years old. However, convulsions often occur when the fever suddenly reaches 39-40 degrees, and it is rare for them to occur more than twice. This type of convulsion is mostly caused by acute infection, especially viral upper respiratory tract infection, and therefore often has corresponding symptoms. New mothers are always helpless when it comes to infants with high fever convulsions. Let’s take a look at what to do when infants have high fever convulsions.

1. Why are children prone to febrile convulsions?

This is because when a child has a fever, the metabolism, oxygen consumption and blood flow of nerve cells will change, and the child's central nervous system will be in a state of over-excitement. This "excitement" will affect the child's immature brain tissue - the "thalamus", causing it to produce strong discharges and transmit to other parts of the brain. At this time, we will see the child have a convulsion.

2. But why do only a few percent of children experience febrile convulsions?

This is mainly the result of multiple factors such as genetics, environment, development, and infection. Febrile convulsions have obvious familial genetic characteristics, which makes children prone to convulsions. This genetic trait causes convulsions under the influence of special infection environment, physiological processes, and imperfect development of the child's nervous system.

During one illness, only one seizure usually occurs.

Febrile convulsions are very harmful to babies. If the convulsions last for more than 10 minutes, it may cause damage to nerve cells due to prolonged brain hypoxia. If it lasts for more than 30 minutes, half of the babies will have varying degrees of neurological dysfunction.

3. Daily health care (minimize baby's illness)

0. The basis is to keep the child safe, three parts hungry and cold. Whole grain porridge, yam porridge, take turns eating

1. Strengthen physical exercise and ensure three baths a day: air bath, sun bath, water bath

2. Regulate mental mood

3. Strengthen nutrition, eat a balanced diet, combine meat and vegetables, and eat both coarse and fine foods; correct the child's picky eating and anorexia habits to enhance their physical fitness. Be careful not to overeat. (If the tongue coating is thick and white, there is bad breath, constipation or diarrhea, and the four palms are hot, it means food accumulation)

4. Appropriate supplementation of probiotics such as Jinshuangqi and Heshengyuan

4. Avoid contact with infection. Do not go to crowded public places, do not smoke indoors, and keep the air circulating. You can rinse your mouth with warm salt water.

5. Diet therapy can be used to enhance the function of the spleen and stomach.

For example: Yam and carrot porridge: peel and slice the yam, add carrots, cook with white rice, and eat in the morning and evening; you can also add lotus seeds, jujubes, coix seeds, astragalus, etc. according to the situation.

The basic method to strengthen the spleen is diet therapy and reasonable feeding. The best diet therapy is what we often call yam, rice, and carrot porridge. It is mainly yam, which can strengthen the spleen, strengthen the intestines, and replenish qi. It can be eaten often. In addition, it is born in the soil and can moisten the soil. It can also be effective for acclimatization.

The method to clear dampness and heat is to strengthen the spleen and remove dampness, clear heat and promote diuresis. The first thing is to strengthen the spleen. If the spleen and stomach are healthy, the dampness and heat in the body can be dissipated, and the body's adaptability is enhanced. There is no need to explain how to strengthen the spleen. The dietary therapy for dehumidification mainly includes coix seed and poria cocos, and the medicines include capillaris, oriental water plantain, etc. The main finished medicine is Huoxiang Zhengqi.

Mung bean, lily, coix seed and lotus seed porridge can clear away heat, promote diuresis, replenish deficiency and strengthen the spleen

After reading the causes and treatment methods of infant convulsions, mothers should save them quickly. I believe mothers must know how to deal with infant febrile convulsions, so take action quickly and take care of your baby together to minimize the baby's illness, keep your baby away from convulsions, and grow up healthy and happy~