Nursing measures for convulsions in children

I believe many parents are familiar with pediatric convulsions, because many children will have convulsion symptoms when they have a high fever. In fact, if the symptoms of febrile convulsions are treated and cared for in time, it will not affect the child's future. However, some parents do not understand the care of convulsions, which results in their children not receiving good care after a convulsion. So today I will introduce in detail the care measures for pediatric convulsions.

Place the child in a supine position with the head tilted to one side to prevent vomiting and aspiration. Use a dental pad or clothing to prevent the tongue from being bitten (be careful not to block the airway and cause suffocation). Clean the nasal, pharyngeal, and oral secretions in time to keep the airway open. If conditions permit, give oxygen immediately. Be careful not to resist your child's twitching limbs too hard to avoid fractures. At the same time, pay attention to prevent the child from falling; you can use antipyretics, warm water baths all over the body (especially the forehead, neck, groin, armpits, etc.), loose clothing and other methods to reduce the temperature. Drink more warm boiled water during fever to achieve the purpose of cooling through sweating.

If the convulsions are under control and the child is conscious, dietary care can be provided. Attention should be paid to the intake of a simple diet that is high in water, rich in nutrients, and easy to digest, mainly liquid or semi-liquid food, and warm boiled water or vitamin-rich beverages. The room should be kept quiet, the air should be fresh, and unnecessary stimulation should be minimized.

During a seizure, the child should not be fed water or food to avoid suffocation and aspiration pneumonia. After the convulsion is relieved, sugar water or nutritious, easily digestible liquid or semi-liquid juices, such as eggs, milk, lotus root powder, noodles, etc., can be given. Children with convulsions should not consume stimulant substances such as alcohol, vinegar, tea, coffee, chocolate and cola; avoid indirect smoking as much as possible, and pay attention to avoid excessive fatigue or excessive excitement to avoid inducing convulsions.

Children whose families, especially parents with a history of convulsions, are likely to experience febrile convulsions. Parents should regularly observe changes in their children's body temperature and cool them down in time if they have a fever. Parents should take extra care of children with a history of febrile seizures, always have antipyretic and anticonvulsant drugs on hand, and take them orally immediately once a fever occurs to avoid convulsions. The most important prevention is to strengthen the child's physique, get vaccinations on time, and prevent infection, which will reduce the risk of fever and febrile convulsions.