How to treat children with fever, convulsions and seizures

Children with fever and convulsions, the first thing to do is to look at the specific cause of the disease, the vast majority of fever belongs to febrile convulsions, generally speaking, the convulsions are relatively short, the time is less than 5 minutes. At this time only need to give antipyretic treatment, high fever take antipyretic drugs, Merrill or ibuprofen, can also use acetaminophen antipyretic suppository anal treatment. If the seizure lasts more than 5 minutes or if the child is drowsy after the seizure, sedation with midazolam or luminal may be indicated. If fever and convulsions are considered to be caused by central nervous system infections, hospitalization is required. In addition to antipyretic and antispasmodic treatment, anti-infective drugs that can cross the blood-brain barrier should be given, and mannitol or diuretics should be given to lower the cranial pressure.