Symptoms of febrile convulsions

summary

There are generally two kinds of febrile convulsions, the first is simple febrile convulsion, and the second is complex febrile convulsion. Theoretically, febrile convulsions can occur at all ages, but in general, febrile convulsions are most common in people between 6 months and 4 years old. The prognosis of simple febrile convulsion is usually good. If it is complex febrile convulsion, the prognosis is usually poor. In fact, febrile convulsion is a common disease in pediatrics, and about 3% to 4% of children may have a febrile convulsion in their lifetime. Febrile convulsion symptom? Let's talk about it

Symptoms of febrile convulsions

In the child because of some reasons, temperature rise to a certain extent, it is easy to appear febrile convulsion. Before convulsion, children will have symptoms of extreme irritability. Many children show mental tension, panic and sudden increase of muscle tension of limbs. And the child will also have shortness of breath, face changes.

When febrile convulsions appear, they are relatively sudden. Children will lose consciousness, head will lean back, and eyeballs will also show a fixed state, or eyes will turn up and squint. Usually children's muscles will appear local or systemic convulsions.

When febrile convulsion is more serious, children are likely to have incontinence. Convulsions usually last from a few seconds to a few minutes, and very few children last for 10 minutes or even an hour.

matters needing attention

If a child has a febrile convulsion attack, the rest environment must be absolutely quiet, and the stimulation of adverse factors on the child should be absolutely avoided, because if the child does not rest after the febrile convulsion attack, then the slight stimulation of the outside world may lead to the recurrence of febrile convulsion.