What to do if your child has a high fever and convulsions? Young parents must know

Most first-time mothers have zero experience in taking care of children. Once their children show any abnormal behavior, many young parents' first reaction is to panic, and they may even make some mistakes. Therefore, those who are preparing to become parents or have just become parents should learn more about parenting knowledge. Today we will look at how to deal with children who have a high fever that causes convulsions.

When a child has convulsions due to high fever, the guardian should pay attention to the following measures:

1. Adjust your posture. When your baby has a seizure, lay him or her flat on his or her back, making sure he or she is not touching any sharp, hard objects. Later, lay your child on his side to allow him to breathe more easily and prevent saliva or vomit from blocking his trachea. Do not try to pry your child's mouth open; a child who is having a seizure due to a fever or other cause is not in danger of biting his tongue.

2. Ventilate frequently. If there is air conditioning at home, maintain the room temperature between 25 and 27 degrees Celsius. You can place the child in an air-conditioned room or use an electric fan to blow around him to slowly lower the body temperature, so that the child will feel more comfortable. But if the limbs are cold and the patient is shivering violently, it means that the patient needs warmth, so cover him with a blanket.

3. Take off your clothes. If your baby's limbs, hands and feet are warm and he is sweating all over, it means he needs to dissipate heat and he can wear less clothes.

4. Wipe with warm water. Undress your baby and rub his whole body with a warm towel. This will dilate the blood vessels in the baby's skin and release body energy. In addition, when water vapor evaporates from the body surface, it will also absorb body heat.

5. Drink more water. To help sweating and prevent dehydration. Water has the function of regulating temperature, which can lower body temperature and replenish water lost in the baby's body.

6. Antipyretic drugs. When the baby's body temperature exceeds 38.5℃, you can use antipyretic medicine appropriately.

The above are emergency measures for when the baby has a fever and convulsions. When the baby has a fever and convulsions, if parents can take necessary measures in time, they can avoid or reduce the complications caused by high temperature convulsions.

Children's high fever convulsion process

A baby's fever and convulsions are medically called "febrile convulsions". This is mainly due to the imperfect development of the infant's nervous system, such as poor inhibitory function of the cerebral cortex and incomplete formation of the nerve myelin sheath. Once stimulated by external stimuli, the excitement can easily spread and cause convulsions. Generally speaking, infants and young children between 6 months and 4 years old, especially those who often catch colds and fevers, are more likely to suffer from febrile convulsions. Convulsions usually occur when the baby has a high fever, such as a body temperature of 39℃-40℃, and last for a relatively short time, about 2-3 minutes, and generally do not exceed 10 minutes. After the convulsion stopped, the child woke up.

Should I go to the hospital immediately if I have a high fever and convulsions?

If the convulsion lasts more than 4 minutes, you should go to the hospital immediately; if it is less than 4 minutes, you can wait until the child feels better and rests for a while before going to the hospital.