Causes of convulsions in children

  Convulsions are involuntary strong contractions or jerks of the skeletal muscles of the extremities, trunk and face, which can cause joint movements and tonicity, and even asphyxia. The mechanism of twitching is not fully understood and may be related to abnormal discharge of motor neurons, hypocalcemia, etc.  In clinical practice, there are many causes of pediatric convulsions, mainly related to fever, which is the most common febrile convulsion in pediatrics. If the pediatric convulsions are not caused by fever, they may be caused by pediatric epilepsy, cranial injury or some developmental problems, for which symptomatic treatment is necessary.  1, mental stress, due to the nerves of the brain in a tight state, may cause convulsions.  2, the body’s calcium supplementation is insufficient or a large number of loss, calcium deficiency can also lead to convulsions.  3, lack of exercise, poor physical fitness is also one of the causes of convulsions.  4, before going to bed due to exercise or for some reason cause muscle tension, and after falling asleep the muscles begin to relax, can also cause convulsions.  5, epilepsy is also one of the causes of pediatric convulsions, if children repeatedly convulsions occur, and no other obvious reasons such as fever, the first thing to consider is epilepsy.  When children have convulsions, parents should not panic, to keep the airway open, promptly sent to the doctor for examination and diagnosis, at this time can not be treated alone convulsions, need to make further clarification of the cause, symptomatic treatment.