What to do if your baby has a high fever and convulsions

High fever convulsions in infants is a relatively common phenomenon, and new parents still lack relevant experience in this regard. So what should we do if our baby has a high fever and convulsions? Next, this article will introduce you to what to do if your baby has a high fever and convulsions. Friends who want to know more about this aspect can take a look! Please see the detailed introduction below.

When a baby has a high fever and convulsions, parents are often very panicked and at a loss as to what to do. Either you take the child to the hospital or pinch the child's philtrum hard. Not only is the effect ineffective, but it may also injure the child's delicate philtrum. The reason for this phenomenon is that many parents believe that febrile convulsions will damage their children's brains. In fact, this understanding is wrong. Most convulsions will not endanger the child's life, nor will they damage the brain and leave sequelae. Parents don't need to worry too much.

However, when an infant has a high fever convulsion, the child is not conscious. Vomiting often occurs, which can cause the risk of suffocation if inhaled into the trachea, so correct handling is very necessary.

When a baby has a high fever convulsion, parents should pay attention to the following points:

1. First of all, parents should pay attention to the time when the convulsion occurs.

2. Place the child in a side-lying position. This can avoid the risk of choking when the child vomits.

3. Don’t pick up your child in a hurry. The child's clothes should be unbuttoned quickly so that he can breathe smoothly and dissipate heat quickly. (These matters should be paid more attention to in the car.) If the child's body temperature is relatively high, you can put a fever-reducing suppository in his anus, or put a towel in the refrigerator and then apply it to the child's head to cool down.

4. Do not give the child antipyretics or other medicines during convulsions. To prevent children from choking due to vomiting, which could cause danger.

5. If a child's convulsion continues for 2-3 minutes or the child does not respond to calls, the child should be taken to the hospital for treatment.

6. After the convulsion stops, call the child's name to determine whether he is awake, and then record the time of awakening.

In rare cases, high fever seizures are a sign that the child's condition is serious or complicated. Therefore, if the following situations occur, you should go to the hospital immediately:

1. Convulsions occur even when the fever is not high (below 38°C).

2. The convulsion lasts for a long time, usually more than 5 minutes.

3. Convulsions are accompanied by vomiting.

4. After the convulsion stops, the patient's consciousness is still not fully recovered or the limb movements are different from normal. Such as: stiffness of limbs, tremors and paralysis.

5. Convulsions occur again within 24 hours, and more than twice.

6. It is not the whole body that twitches, but a certain part of the body that twitches.

7. When infants under 6 months old and children over 6 years old have convulsions.

The above is an introduction on what to do if your baby has a high fever and convulsions. I believe that after reading the above introduction, you will be very clear about the relevant precautions for infant high fever convulsions and know how to treat this situation. When an infant has a high fever and convulsions, parents should not panic, but should treat the situation calmly and take correct measures to help the child.