Symptoms of high fever convulsions in children

Children's physical health is an issue that parents are very concerned about. Since children's body resistance is relatively poor, they are prone to various diseases. Parents should have some knowledge of common childhood diseases so that once a child becomes ill, parents will know how to deal with it. High fever convulsions in children are relatively common symptom. Below we will introduce the symptoms of high fever convulsions in children to parents and friends.

Febrile convulsions are a common disease in pediatrics. According to statistics, 3% to 4% of children have experienced febrile convulsions at least once. The incidence of convulsions in children is due to the incomplete development of the adult brain, which has poor ability to analyze and identify stimuli. Weak stimulation can cause abnormal discharge of the brain's motor neurons and cause convulsions. Most of them present with generalized tonic-clonic seizures, and a few also have other forms of seizures, such as myoclonus, absence, etc. Lasts from a few seconds to 10 minutes. May be accompanied by brief drowsiness after the attack. After the attack, the child recovered as normal except for the primary disease, without any neurological signs.

The characteristics of febrile seizures are as follows:

1. High fever, with body temperature rising rapidly, at least above 38 degrees, usually 39 or 40 degrees.

2 Convulsions usually occur within 24 hours after the onset of fever, but fever may be detected only after convulsions.

3 Convulsions often occur when the fever rises rapidly, but they can also occur when the fever subsides.

4 Convulsions usually have the following manifestations:

1) Sudden loss of consciousness,

2) No response,

3) Dull eyes or eyes looking up (reverse white)

4) Lips turn dark (bluish purple)

5) Trismus

6) The hands and feet may twitch, become stiff, or the whole body may suddenly become limp and weak.

5 The duration of spasms can range from tens of seconds to tens of minutes, but most of the time it is less than ten minutes.

In the above article, we introduced an issue that parents are very concerned about, that is, the physical health of children. Because children's organs are not fully developed, their resistance is relatively weak and they are prone to diseases. The above article introduces in detail the symptoms of high fever convulsions in children.